Tarek al-Mullah will meet with Energy Minister Steinitz and Prime Minister Netanyahu • This is the first visit by an Egyptian minister, who is not the Minister of Intelligence, in 15 years
The Egyptian Minister of Energy but in front of him with Minister Steinitz
Exceptional visit to Israel: Egypt's Minister of Energy, Tarek al-Mullah, landed in Israel a short time ago, as the personal guest of his Israeli counterpart, Dr. Yuval Steinitz.
This is the first time in 15 years that an Egyptian minister, other than a foreign or intelligence minister, has visited Israel.
Al-Mullah will meet with Steinitz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
They will discuss mainly the issue of gas exports as well as the East Med project - the gas pipeline planned between the Middle East and Europe.
Egypt yesterday asked Israel to make concessions for a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas, the Emirati news network Al-Arabiya reported today (Saturday).
In the Gaza Strip, four Israeli prisoners are being held by the terrorist organization: Lt. Hadar Goldin, Sgt. Oron Shaul, Abra Mengistu and Hisham a-Sayed. The report comes after a Bezeq deal with the Assad regime in Syria was completed on Tuesday.
The outline of the deal may be similar to that published in foreign sources with Syria: combining prisoner exchanges with the supply of vaccines or the transfer of funds for the purchase of vaccines to Gaza residents.
