Lapid will address the UN General Assembly: "I will make the voice of the State of Israel known" | Israel Hayom

The 77th General Assembly of the United Nations will open tomorrow (Tuesday) in New York, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the center of the agenda.

Prime Minister Yair Lapid, who is expected to deliver his speech at the rally on Thursday afternoon, as I recall, condemned Russia when he served as Foreign Minister, but has refrained from doing so since entering the Prime Minister's office.

The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, received a rare permit from the assembly to deliver a recorded speech, which will be screened before the leaders of the countries and the ambassadors in the plenary hall tomorrow afternoon (Israel time).

Pre-recorded speech.

Zelensky, photo: AFP

Only seven countries opposed the extraordinary arrangement: Russia, Syria, Eritrea, North Korea, China, Cuba and Nicaragua.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) in the evening, Lapid will hold a historic meeting in New York with the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

This will be the first meeting between the Turkish leader and an Israeli prime minister since 2008, when the then prime minister, Ehud Olmert, was scheduled to meet with him.

The conversation between Lapid and Erdogan is expected to last only half an hour.

Afterwards, Lapid will meet with the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Greece is Israel's ally and Turkey's historical rival, and Athens expects that the warming of the relationship between Jerusalem and Ankara will not come at its expense.

Still on the sidelines of the General Assembly, Lapid will meet today with the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, and on Wednesday he will meet with the new Prime Minister of Great Britain, Liz Truss.

The two had already met while serving as foreign ministers in their respective countries.

It should be noted that for now, contrary to various reports, Lapid's office's efforts to bring him together with the King of Jordan, Abdullah, have failed.

Haim Tzach PM, photo: Prime Minister Lapid with King Abdullah of Jordan

At the moment, Lapid's office refuses to provide details about the content of the speech, but before his departure for New York, the Prime Minister said yesterday: "On Thursday I will represent Israel on the stage of the UN General Assembly.

Above this stage will be heard the voice of the State of Israel, about our right to security and our desire for peace, as well as Israel's contribution to regional stability and international cooperation."

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