Netanyahu admits to visiting Arab countries that do not have relations with Israel, and he uses reservations about their names

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed that he recently visited Arab countries that do not have relations with Israel.

On Saturday evening, during a closed meeting of the secretariat of his Likud party, Netanyahu said that he had recently visited countries whose names he could not reveal, just as he had done before with the UAE before announcing an agreement to normalize relations with it.

And Israeli media considered that Netanyahu's statement appeared to be the first confirmation by him of his supposed visit to Saudi Arabia.

No recent visits by Netanyahu to Arab countries have been revealed, with the exception of statements by Israeli officials and journalists that he visited the city of Neom, in northern Saudi Arabia, and met Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, in the presence of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

At a time when Netanyahu refused to comment on these reports, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan denied the matter, and wrote in a tweet, "The officials present were Americans, Saudis, and only."

In late November, Pompeo was asked - during an interview with "FOX NEWS") if Netanyahu had met bin Salman in Neom, and he said, "I met with the crown prince there. And I had a meeting with the crown prince in the Emirates." I don't want to expand on that any further. "

Netanyahu's recent comments come two weeks after he said that "many countries" will sign normalization agreements with Israel "much sooner than people expect."