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By: Lazar Berman - January 24, 2021
Israel officially opened its embassy to the United Arab Emirates in the United Arab Emirates Sunday, as Ambassador Eitan Na’eh arrived in Abu Dhabi.
The development came on the same day that the UAE approved the opening of its embassy in Tel Aviv.
“The embassy will work to advance Israel’s interests and will be at the disposal of its citizens,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
It will work from a temporary office, which will begin operations in the coming days, until a permanent location can be found, the ministry said.
Na’eh, the former ambassador to Turkey, is the first Israeli to have full diplomatic status in the Gulf state, following the normalization of ties with Israel last year.
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