Manama: Mahmood Rafique, Editor: Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has arrived in Bahrain on a first official visit by an Israeli cabinet member to the Kingdom of Bahrain since the countries established diplomatic ties last year.
During his stay Lapid will open the new Israeli embassy and sign several agreements in addition to high levels talks with his Bahraini counterpart and Government officials.
The first commercial flight from Manama to Tel Aviv took off after he landed.
Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Sudan normalised relations with Israel as part of US-brokered deals known as the Abraham Accords.
Until then only two Arab nations – Egypt and Jordan – had signed peace treaties with Israel.
