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Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Monday, October 2, 2023
Minister, Knesset committee chair land in Saudi Arabia
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi (left) and Knesset Economy Committee chairman David Bitan arrive in Saudi Arabia on October 2, 2023. (Communications Ministry)
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi and Knesset Economy Committee chairman David Bitan have landed in Saudi Arabia, leading an Israeli delegation to the Universal Postal Union’s 2023 Extraordinary Congress.
Karhi is the second minister to publicly visit Saudi Arabia and Bitan is the first Knesset representative to do so.
Karhi and Bitan’s delegation has a total of 14 members in it.
Karhi will be giving a speech at the conference and meeting with US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Michael Ratney along with other global figures, his office says.
Karhi also received an invitation to visit the Sukkah of Mohammed Saud, a Likud activist in Riyadh, the communications minister says.
