Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke Thursday, June 9, with the President of the United Arab Emirates during a whirlwind visit to Abu Dhabi, the second in six months in the Gulf monarchy with which the Jewish state has normalized its relations. relationships in 2020.
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Naftali Bennett and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan "
discussed cooperation and development opportunities
" in different areas, including those of "
food security and health
", the official Wam agency reported.
The two men had already met in Abu Dhabi in December, during the first trip of an Israeli head of government to the Emirates, then to Egypt in March.
Sheikh Mohammed ruled the country de facto before officially succeeding his sick half-brother, Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, who died in mid-May.
Israel and the Emirates signed a free trade agreement at the end of May, the first of its kind between the Jewish state and an Arab country.
In September 2020, the Emirates and Bahrain became the first Gulf Arab countries to publicly normalize relations with Israel, prompted by former US President Donald Trump.
Morocco and Sudan subsequently entered into similar agreements with the Jewish state.
Israel, the Emirates and Bahrain share a similar fear over the nuclear activities of Iran, the Jewish state's sworn enemy, and its interventions in various regional theaters.
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On Thursday, Naftali Bennett "
welcomed
" the resolution adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) formally calling Tehran to order, against a backdrop of deadlock in negotiations to save the 2015 agreement governing the nuclear program Iranian.
This decision "
clearly indicates that Iran continues to play games and continues to hide
", said Naftali Bennett according to his office, denouncing "
Iran's hypocrisy on the nuclear issue and in general
".
Tehran on Thursday denounced
the IAEA resolution as "
political and unconstructive ".
