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The Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will soon an official and first ever visit to United Arab Emirates (UAE) to inaugurate the embassy of Israel in Abu Dhabi and its consulate in Dubai.
Israel and the UAE, along with Bahrain, normalized ties in September, and the Jewish state also last year agreed to normalize relations with two other Arab nations, Morocco and Sudan.
“Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will hold the first and historic official visit of an Israeli foreign minister to the UAE,” a statement read.
He will be hosted by UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan on his two-day visit from June 29-30, it added.
