Israeli, Bahrain foreign ministers hold first public meeting in US

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Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has announced that he had met his Bahrain counterpart publicly during a visit to Washington, the first meeting between the two countries that do not have diplomatic relations.
"Yesterday I met publicly with the Foreign Minister of Bahrain" Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Katz said in a tweet on Thursday.
Referring to Benjamin Netanyahu, Katz added: "I will continue to work with (the Israeli Prime Minister) to advance Israel's relations with the Gulf countries."
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First Published: Jul 19 2019 | 5:50 AM IST