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Thursday, July 7, 2016
PM says he held talks with leader of Muslim nation in Africa
Netanyahu tells Israeli reporters in Addis Ababa that he spoke earlier this week with the leader of a Muslim nation in Africa with which Israel does not have diplomatic ties.
The PM says conversation took place on the sidelines of an Israeli-African summit in Uganda, which was attended by Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Tanzania. One of the leaders present at the summit took made the introduction between the two leaders.
Netanyahu does not say to which country he is referring, but adds that Israel has many contacts with states that do not have formal ties with Israel, but do seek closer cooperation.
— Raphael Ahren
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