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Israeli officials said Blinkan tried to promote the expansion of Avraham's agreements during his visit to Jakarta last week. Although it has raised the issue to the highest level in the Muslim country, no immediate breakthrough is expected. US State Department Walla !: "Always trying to test new opportunities for normalization"


The US Secretary of State is discussing with the Indonesian government normalization with Israel

Israeli officials said Blinkan tried to promote the expansion of Avraham's agreements during his visit to Jakarta last week.

Although it has raised the issue to the highest level in the Muslim country, no immediate breakthrough is expected.

US State Department Walla !: "Always trying to test new opportunities for normalization"

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23/12/2021

Thursday, 23 December 2021, 09:09

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In the video: National Security Adviser Eyal Hulta with the Indonesian Minister of Defense at a conference in Bahrain in November (Walla!)

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed with Indonesian government officials last week during his visit to the capital Jakarta the possibility of advancing normalization measures with Israel and joining the Abrahamic agreements, senior Israeli officials involved in the talks said.

Senior Israeli officials noted that although Blinken raised the issue at the highest level, they do not anticipate an immediate breakthrough on the issue.



Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world.

It does not have diplomatic ties with Israel and progress towards normalization with Indonesia may push other Muslim countries to take a similar step.

Indonesia is also a huge potential market for Israeli companies and a destination for Israeli tourists.

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"Operate quietly, but consistently."

Linken in Indonesia (Photo: Reuters)

The Biden administration is trying to further expand the Abrahamic agreements reached during the Trump administration's tenure. The current administration is trying to persuade Arab and Muslim countries that do not have diplomatic relations with Israel to move forward with normalization. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan raised the issue during a visit to Saudi Arabia a few months ago.



"We are always trying to explore new opportunities for normalization, but we will leave these discussions behind closed doors until the right moment," he told Walla! U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Hayat and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid's office declined to comment.



Since the Biden administration took office, Israel and the United States have been discussing ways to expand the Abrahamic Accords. Senior Israeli officials said Indonesia was one of the countries marked as a target for such a move. A senior US official has said the Biden administration is working "quietly but consistently" to expand the Abrahamic Accords, but noted that this may take time.

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Hulata and Indonesia's Defense Minister in Bahrain (Photo: Official website, without credit)

Head of the NSC Il Hulata met the defense minister of Indonesia Fraoobo Sobianto during a security conference in Manama and Bahrain capital a few weeks ago. They sat together at the dinner of the opening of the conference, chatted and exchanged business cards.



In recent weeks, the office of Trump attempt to bring the Indonesia agreements Abraham, but the move did not ripen before Trump ended his work. at that time, Indonesia sought to upgrade its trade relations with the United States in exchange for normalization measures with Israel, including direct flights and visas to Israelis.


Although there is no bilateral official diplomatic relations, Israeli officials and Indonesians met Several times in the last two decades - especially on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York and other international forums.

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