Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar approves the appointments of three new Israeli ambassadors, including a key post to China, says his office.
Eli Belotserkovsky, a former ambassador to South Africa and Ukraine, is appointed as ambassador to China and nonresident ambassador to Mongolia. In November 2023, Belotserkovsky was recalled from South Africa following that country’s call to arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He has also served as chargé d’affaires at the Israeli Embassy in Russia.
Yaakov Finkelstein is appointed as ambassador to Poland. He currently serves in the Foreign Ministry’s Europe Division and has previously served as consul general in Mumbai.
Oren Bar-El is appointed as ambassador to Myanmar. He currently serves in the ministry’s Public Diplomacy Division and was formerly ambassador to Costa Rica.
The appointments will be presented by Sa’ar to the relevant committees and the full government, the Foreign Ministry says in a statement.
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