Israeli foreign minister Lapid to visit Emirates next week
Yair Lapid will be the first Israeli minister to visit the United Arab Emirates, as former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned trip earlier this year fell through.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next week, the first by a senior Israeli official since the two countries normalized relations by signing the Abraham Accords last year.
Lapid will undertake a two-day visit on June 29-30 as a guest of Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.