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By Lahav Karkov - December 13, 2021
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and United Arab Emirates leader Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday became the first leaders of their respective countries to meet.
MBZ, as the Emirati leader is known, accepted an invitation from Bennett to visit Israel.
“We held deep, honest and significant conversations,” Bennett said after the meeting. “We spoke about the relative strengths of the two countries, and our goal is to broaden the connection so that there will not only be peace between leaders but peace between peoples.”
Bennett said he is very optimistic that the UAE-Israel relationship, established in August 2020 as the Abraham Accords, will set an example that will be followed throughout the region.
A joint statement from the two leaders’ offices called Bennett’s visit “successful” and “another milestone in the development of warm relations and a tremendous partnership forged between the two countries.”
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