Bahrain to open embassy in Israel soon: Israeli official tells Anadolu Agency

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Bahrain will soon establish an embassy in Tel Aviv, Anadolu Agency yesterday quoted a top Israeli official as saying. The report quoting Hassan Kaabia, the Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said, “Soon, Bahrain will open an embassy in Tel Aviv, and Morocco will raise the level of representation from a liaison office to an embassy.” He also told the agency that they are to sign similar agreements with other Arab countries.

Kaabia also claimed that an important part of his country’s agreements with Bahrain and the UAE rests on relations between the peoples. “We’re talking about a new model, which differs even from peace with Jordan and Egypt, as in a large part it focuses on relations between peoples, not just governments,” he said.

There, however, is no official confirmation from Bahrain on opening its embassy in Tel Aviv. Bahrain, in June this year, appointed its first ambassador to Israel. Bahrain and Israel normalised ties following a deal signed last year in September.

The other Arab states to join the accords were the United Arab Emirates, Sudan and Morocco. Bahrain also named Khaled Yousef al-Jalahmah as envoy to the State of Israel.