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Sa’ar announces Israel will open embassy in Zambia
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Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announces that Israel will be opening an embassy in Zambia.
A statement from the Foreign Ministry calls Zambia a “friend of Israel” and says opening an embassy there will advance bilateral relations and is also “part of a broader move to strengthen relations with countries in Africa.” Sa’ar invites his Zambian counterpart, Mulambo Haimbe, to visit Israel.
Diplomat Ofra Farhi currently serves as a non-residential ambassador to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema visited Israel in August 2023. Zambia and Israel re-established ties in 1991 and the African nation opened an embassy in Tel Aviv in 2015.
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