Bahrain and Israel formally establish comprehensive diplomatic relations
Xinhua News Agency, Riyadh, October 18 (Reporter Tu Yifan) Manama News: Bahrain and Israel signed a joint communiqué on the 18th to formally establish comprehensive diplomatic relations.
According to the Bahrain News Agency, Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Zayeni and the head of Israel’s National Security Council Meir bin Shabat signed a joint communiqu era".
The report said that the two countries also signed a memorandum of understanding in the fields of economy and trade, telecommunications, commerce, aviation services, personnel mobility, banking and financial services.
Related working groups discussed the potential cooperation between the two countries in the fields of healthcare, technology, tourism and agriculture, and planned bilateral relations.
Earlier in the day, an Israeli delegation led by Ben Shabat and an American delegation led by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arrived in Manama, the capital of Bahrain.
When meeting with Bin Shabat, Zayeni said that the visit of the Israeli delegation is of great significance and the positive results of the visit will promote the establishment of broader relations between the two countries.
Bin Shabat said that this visit will actively promote the development of the future relations between the two countries, and the two countries will continue to carry out coordination and cooperation and contribute to the promotion of the regional peace process.
On September 11, the United States, Israel and Bahrain issued a joint statement stating that Israel and Bahrain have agreed to establish comprehensive diplomatic relations.
The international community has mixed reactions to this.
Palestine strongly condemned the normalization of relations between Bahrain and Israel with the help of the United States and announced the recall of its ambassador to Bahrain.