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Cohen lands in Bahrain for state trip

By Lazar Berman

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3 September 2023, 6:59 pm Edit

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Eli Cohen shaking hands with ambassador Khalid Al Jalahma at Manama airport on September 3, 2023. (Lzar Berman/Times of Israel)

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has landed at Manama’s Bahrain International Airport for his first state visit to an Abraham Accords country.

Cohen is greeted at the airport by his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif Al Zayani and Bahrain’s Ambassador to Israel Khalid Al Jalahma.

FM Eli Cohen lands in Manama, where he is greeted by #Bahrain FM Abdullatif Al Zayani, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah Bin Ahmed, and Amb @BahrainAmbIsr pic.twitter.com/EGBaMpjfSN

— Lazar Berman (@Lazar_Berman) September 3, 2023