Israeli President Isaac Herzog left for the United Arab Emirates on Sunday on the first similar visit, his office said, seeking to strengthen Gulf ties at a time of heightened indigenous pressure as world powers try to revive a nuclear deal with Iran.
“ I’ll be meeting the leadership of the United Arab Emirates, at the particular assignation of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, the Crown Prince,” Herzog said.
“I wish him well and I’m thankful for his courage and bold leadership, sculpturing out a peace agreement with Israel and transferring a communication to the entire region that peace is the only volition for the peoples of the region.”
The administration in Israel is a largely conventional post. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett visited the UAE in December.
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The UAE, along with Bahrain, inked US-brokered normalization agreements with Israel, dubbed the “Abraham Accords”, at the White House in 2020. The two Gulf nations and Israel partake common enterprises about Iran and its confederated forces in the region.
Israel on January 18 offered security and intelligence support to the UAE against further drone attacks after a deadly strike by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group, according to a letter released on Tuesday by Israel’s leader.
