Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar will depart this evening on a diplomatic visit to the Baltic states, his office announces.
Between Tuesday and Thursday, Sa’ar will visit Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to meet with his Baltic counterparts and other senior government officials, including the Estonian prime minister and defense minister, and the president of Latvia, according to the foreign ministry.
The visit to the Israel-friendly European Union member states marks Sa’ar’s first foreign trip following the Israel-Iran war.
In Lithuania, Sa’ar will partake in a Holocaust memorial ceremony at the Ponary massacre site, where some 70,000 Jews and 20,000 Polish civilians were murdered by the Nazis during World War II.
The foreign minister will also meet with the Jewish communities in each of the countries, the Foreign Ministry adds.
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