Less than a day after the news of the impending peace agreement between the two countries, which will be signed this coming Tuesday in the United States, Foreign Ministry officials say that an attempt will be made to open an embassy in the country in the near future • Last night Netanyahu said of the agreement: "This is a new era of peace."
Less than 24 hours ago, US President Donald Trump announced a peace agreement between Israel and the Gulf kingdom in Bahrain, and today (Saturday) a Foreign Ministry source confirmed that work on opening an embassy in the country has already begun, and attempts are being made to open an embassy there as soon as possible.
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After the announcement of the agreement, which will be signed next Tuesday in the White House in Washington at the same time as the signing of the peace agreement with the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "It joins the historic peace agreement with the United Arab Emirates. It took us 26 years to get from the second peace agreement with an Arab state to the third peace agreement, and it took us not 26 years but 29 days to reach a peace agreement between the third Arab state and the fourth Arab state and there will be more."
"This is a new era of peace. Peace for peace. Economy for economy. We have invested in peace for many years and now peace will invest in us, will bring very large investments to the Israeli economy and that is very important. All these agreements are made by hard work behind the scenes for years but They have come to fruition through the important help of our friend the President of the United States, President Trump, and I would like to thank him and his team for this important help.
A new era - peace for peace, "said the prime minister.
Government officials in Washington earlier confirmed that Bahrain's heir, Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa (son of the King of Bahrain), would attend the signing ceremony of the peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates on September 15, and declare normalization with Israel.
Earlier, Trump wrote on his Twitter account: "Another historic breakthrough! Our two great friends, Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain, have reached a peace agreement. This is the second Arab state to make peace with Israel in thirty days."
The King of Bahrain, Hemed bin Issa al-Khalifa, was quoted as saying by the Arab News website that "a comprehensive and just peace must be reached with Israel in accordance with the two-state solution between the Israelis and the Palestinians."
The king thanked President Trump for his efforts to establish peace in the Middle East.