The Government Press Office announces that US Vice President Joe Biden will arrive in Israel for a two-day visit next week.
He is set to land at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Tuesday afternoon.
In January, Biden met Netanyahu in Davos, Switzerland, shortly after the US lifted sanctions on Iran as part of a nuclear deal. The US has sought to soften Israel’s concerns regarding the deal through discussions about a new long-term agreement on US military aid for Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left and US Vice President Joe Biden meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 21, 2015. (Haim Zach/GPO)
According to Netanyahu’s office, the two discussed security and strategic interests in the Middle East as well as energy.
“The meeting was friendly and warm and took place in an excellent atmosphere,” a Prime Minister’s Office official said at the time.
Biden’s last visit to Israel sparked a diplomatic spat with Washington in 2010, when Israel announced settlement construction plans during Biden’s visit.
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