Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomes Slovak President Andrej Kiska to Jerusalem on first visit by a leader of the Eastern European nation to Israel in almost two decades.
“You’re a friend and I hope that our visit enhances our friendship and our cooperation in a changing world where we have so many common values, so many common interests,” he says at a ceremony at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem.
“And we also have opportunities, not only challenges, so I look forward to discussing both of them with you, and it’s a pleasure to welcome you here,” Netanyahu says according to a statement from his office.
Slovakian President Andrej Kiska (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on March 30, 2017. (AFP/Pool/ Abir Sultan)
Kiska in response tells the prime minister he is “very glad that after 17 years again the Slovak president is here in this country because we are not only partners, but we are friends. And that is very important. And we know that nowadays, the world is difficult and friends to have to stay together.”
Israel and Slovakia established diplomatic relations in 1993.
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