Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar meets with counterparts from Latin America and senior US administration officials at the home of Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter in Washington.
Sa’ar is joined by Argentinian Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno, Paraguayan Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano, and Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld.
Also in attendance are US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, White House faith adviser Paula White, and Republican members of Congress Maria Salazar and Mario Díaz-Balart, both from Florida.
The groups discusses “the pro-Western shift taking place in countries across the continent,” according to Sa’ar’s office.
The meeting is part of the Foreign Ministry’s focus on Latin America in 2026, according to the ministry. A number of Latin American countries have recently elected conservative leaders friendly to Israel.
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