Israel, UAE to announce cooperation on battling pandemic, Netanyahu says

25 June 2020, 6:58 pm

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In another sign of warming relations, the health ministers of Israel and the United Arab Emirates are about to announce cooperation in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says.

“This cooperation will be on research, development and technology, in areas that will improve the health security in the whole region,” Netanyahu says at a military ceremony, addressing newly-graduated IDF pilots.

“This is the result of continuous and intensive talks over the past months,” he says, according to a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office. “This will bring a blessing to many in the region.”