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Waiting for US election results, Netanyahu continues own diplomatic blitz

While his friend and ally US President Donald Trump is busy with the elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues with his own diplomatic blitz.
TOPSHOT - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a cabinet meeting of the new government at Chagall State Hall in the Knesset (Israeli parliament) in Jerusalem on May 24, 2020. (Photo by ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Between coronavirus Cabinet sessions Nov. 3, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with his Romanian counterpart Lufovic Orban. The Romanian prime minister is in Israel on a three-day visit that will also include a meeting in Ramallah with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh. Orban did not come to Jerusalem alone and brough along Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu and Defense Minister Nicolae Ciuca. In other words, all of Romania’s top leadership is in Israel until Nov. 5.

"Excellent meeting with Israeli PM Netanyahu. Reconfirmed our longstanding strategic interests, discussed prospects of further enhancing our ties plus regional security in the Middle East. Government-to-Government meeting 2021 will deepen bilateral cooperation (economy and security, technology and innovation, health and agriculture," tweeted Orban after his meeting with Netanyahu.

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