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Israel's Netanyahu planning to visit Bahrain 'soon'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement followed his phone call with Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa on Tuesday.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Nov 24, 2020
(L to R) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani give a press conference after their trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on November 18, 2020. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
(L to R) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani give a press conference after their trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2020. — MENAHEM KAHANA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he will pay a visit to Bahrain “soon,” in the latest sign of normalized diplomatic relations between the two Middle East countries.

In their second conversation since the signing of the US-brokered Abraham Accords in mid-September, Netanyahu and the Gulf state’s Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa discussed the “strengthening of bilateral relations” on the phone Tuesday.

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