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Riyadh welcomes ‘delegation here for first time’ as Israeli minister attends confab
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Tourism Minister Haim Katz poses next to a UNWTO poster in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 26, 2023. (Courtesy: Haim Kaitz)
At the start of the UN World Tourism Organization conference in Riyadh attended by Israeli Tourism Minister Haim Katz and staff from his ministry, Saudi Tourism Minister Ahmed bin Aqil al-Khateeb says, “There is a delegation here in the country for the first time. I hope they were received well. Welcome.”
“Everyone in this room understands that tourism is the bridge between people and between cultures,” Khateeb continues.
Katz is meeting at the confab with his Monegasque, Maltese, Albanian and Greek counterparts, as well the Kyrgyzstani economy minister and Bahrain’s trade minister.
