Israel's Netanyahu plans official visit to Egypt
The reported visit follows a string of normalization deals with Arab countries.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly planning an official trip to Egypt, an Israeli news outlet reported Monday on the heels of his under-the-radar trip to Saudi Arabia last week.
According to the Maariv newspaper, Netanyahu will meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the coming weeks as part of an effort to improve economic relations between the two countries. Officials are also reportedly planning a meeting between Israeli and Egyptian economic delegations.
The reported Egypt visit comes amid a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at improving Israel’s ties in the region. In recent months, Israel has inked US-brokered normalization deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and Sudan has agreed to recognize the Jewish state.
Earlier this month, the Israeli press reported that Netanyahu secretly met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the first known visit by an Israeli leader to Saudi Arabia. The Gulf kingdom denied the historic meeting took place despite confirmation from Israeli Education Minister Yoav Galant, who called the trip an “amazing achievement.”
