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Monday, January 13, 2025
Sa’ar heading to Italy, Hungary on diplomatic visit
Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on January 13, 2025. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar is leaving this evening for diplomatic visits to Italy and Hungary, his office announces.
In Italy, he is slated to meet with Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani and a range of other government officials, as well as local Jewish leaders. In Hungary he is scheduled to sit down with President Tamás Sulyok and Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó as well as with the Jewish community in Budapest.
The meetings are slated to address regional issues including Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza and a potential hostage-ceasefire deal, the Foreign Ministry says.