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Tuesday, February 3, 2026
FM Sa’ar in Washington for minerals conference
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar will participate today and tomorrow in the US State Department Critical Minerals Ministerial, where dozens of countries are gathering to discuss critical minerals and supply chains, Sa’ar’s office announces.
The conference is chaired by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and will be attended by international ministers and company heads operating in the critical minerals sector.
Sa’ar will also meet on the sidelines of the gathering “with senior American officials and foreign ministers,” his office adds.
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