Lapid to travel to UAE in first trip abroad as foreign minister — report

In his first trip abroad as foreign minister, Yair Lapid will soon travel to the United Arab Emirates, Walla news reports.

Lapid will be the first Israeli minister to visit the UAE since the signing of the normalization accords between the countries.

The report says it is not yet clear whether Lapid will meet the UAE’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid arrives at the new government’s first weekly cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem on June 20, 2021. (EMMANUEL DUNAN / AFP)

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