President Isaac Herzog welcomes President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau to his office, the first visiting African leader since the start of Israel’s war against Hamas.
Herzog tells Embaló, “You are a true friend of Israel, and I was pleased to hear that you studied here in Israel,” according to his office. “We will never forget our friends and you were with us even in this difficult time. You supported our position in the African Union and showed true friendship.”
Embaló tells his Israeli counterpart that he is coming as a “messenger of peace,” according to Herzog’s office.
“We know very well the price and the burden of war, and that war is always the last and most terrible resort,” he says. “Anything that Guinea-Bissau can contribute in this modest effort to bring about negotiations, know that Guinea-Bissau and the people who live there are by your side and ready to help in any way possible to promote understandings, agreements and dialogue between you and your neighbors.”
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