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Tuesday, May 28, 2024
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Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Israel sending envoy to Papua New Guinea to offer post-landslide aid
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Locals gather at the site of a landslide at Mulitaka village in the region of Maip Mulitaka, in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province on May 26, 2024. (AFP)
Roi Rosenblit, Israel’s roving ambassador to Pacific island countries, is heading to Papua New Guinea this week to determine what kind of aid the country needs after a deadly landslide on Friday, a Foreign Ministry official tells The Times of Israel.
Foreign Minister Israel Katz writes on X that Israel “is currently working on sending assistance to Papua New Guinea.”
“PNG is a great friend of Israel, and we are standing by its side.”
In September, Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape opened his country’s embassy in Jerusalem.
