By Dan Williams JERUSALEM, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The primary o
By Dan Williams
JERUSALEM, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The primary official delegation to Israel from the United Arab Emirates might stay on the airport and fly residence the identical day, moderately than conduct a wider go to, resulting from coronavirus precautions, an Israeli minister mentioned.
Israel is below a second coronavirus lockdown, which it plans to start easing subsequent week, after a surge in circumstances.
Science Minister Izhar Shay, whose ministry is participating in talks with the UAE delegates resulting from arrive on Tuesday, mentioned the guests would keep for a number of hours below a coronavirus protocol.
“Proper now it appears to be like sort of ‘contact and go’. It is attainable that the conferences will likely be on the airport or near it,” he advised Tel Aviv radio station 102 FM.
Officers have mentioned the UAE delegation will contain eight or 9 teams engaged on varied areas of bilateral cooperation, as a follow-up to talks launched in Abu Dhabi throughout an Aug. 31 go to by an Israeli delegation.
The UAE and Bahrain signed diplomatic offers establishing formal ties with Israel at a White Home ceremony on Sept. 15.
Two different officers concerned within the planning, one Israeli and the opposite U.S., mentioned it was attainable the UAE delegation go to would happen solely at Ben Gurion airport, close to Tel Aviv. The UAE has but to verify the delegation go to.
Shay mentioned Israel would ship its first official delegation on Sunday to Bahrain. Ben Gurion’s departures itemizing reveals the flight to Manama as El Al 973 – a nod to Bahrain’s worldwide phone dialling code.
Bahrain has but to verify the Israeli delegation go to, which diplomatic sources say will likely be accompanied by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and U.S. Center East envoy Avi Berkowitz. Each are additionally anticipated to accompany the UAE delegation to Israel.
(Writing by Dan Williams Modifying by Peter Graff)
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