The government has approved the appointment of Ofra Farhi as Israel’s ambassador to Zambia, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar’s office says in a statement.
The Foreign Ministry is set to open an embassy in the southern African state in August.
“Strengthening ties with African countries is one of the strategic goals Minister Sa’ar has set for the Foreign Ministry for 2025,” reads the statement, adding that later this week, Zambia’s foreign minister, Mulambo Haimbe, will arrive in Israel for a bilateral visit.
Farhi currently serves as non-resident ambassador to Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana; she will retain those non-resident posts while taking up her position in Lusaka, the statement says.
She previously served as Israel’s deputy ambassador to Italy, as director of the Foreign Relations Department within MASHAV, the Foreign Ministry’s Agency for International Development Cooperation, and as director of the ministry’s US and Eurasia Economy Department.
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