Israel’s embassy in Cairo has reopened after four years, the Foreign Ministry announces.
A statement says that the ministry’s director, Dore Gold, was in the Egyptian capital today to mark the “festive occasion.”
Also on hand were Ambassador Haim Koren and other Israeli diplomats, Egyptian officials, and the American ambassador there. Koren has been stationed in Egypt since May 2014, working at an unofficial location.
Foreign Ministry Director Dore Gold attends a ceremony marking the reopening of Israel’s embassy in Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 (Foreign Ministry)
Gold says that under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, the two countries had succeeded in fending off threats and are now working toward “prosperity” and “stability” in the Middle East.
Israel shuttered its Cairo embassy in September 2011, after it was run over by thousands of protesters.
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