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UAE cabinet approves setting up embassy in Tel Aviv

UAE cabinet approves setting up embassy in Tel Aviv
January 25, 2021

DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates cabinet approved the establishment of an embassy in Tel Aviv in Israel, state media said, and Israel announced its embassy had opened in Abu Dhabi.

The UAE and Israel agreed to normalise relations in August.

Since then Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco have all agreed to establish ties with Israel in deals brokered in 2020 by the administration of former US President Donald Trump.

No further details were given about the UAE embassy to Israel.

A statement from the Israeli foreign ministry said Israel’s embassy in Abu Dhabi officially opened on Sunday with the arrival of the country’s envoy there, albeit in a temporary location until permanent premises are found.