Zionist Regime, Bahrain Agree to Open Embassies
AL-QUDS (Dispatches) – The Zionist regime and Bahrain will open embassies soon, their foreign ministers said on Wednesday.
On a first official visit by Bahraini officials to the occupied territories, the Persian Gulf kingdom’s foreign minister, Abdullatif Al-Zayani, said his Zionist counterpart, Gabi Ashkenazi, would visit Manama in December.
"I was pleased to convey to Minister Ashkenazi the Kingdom of Bahrain’s formal request to open an embassy in Israel and to inform him that Israel’s reciprocal request for an embassy in Manama has been approved. This is a process which I hope can now move forward relatively quickly,” said Al-Zayani.
Askenazi, speaking at the occupying regime’s foreign ministry with Al-Zayani, said he hoped the opening ceremonies would be held by the end of 2020.
On September 11, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Bahrain was following the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in normalizing ties with the Zionist regime.
Four days later, the occupying regime’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed agreements with Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani during an official ceremony hosted by Trump at the White House.
Palestinians, who seek an independent state in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, with East al-Quds as its capital, have condemned the deals as a betrayal of their cause against the Israeli occupation.
Bahrain’s main opposition group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, has denounced the deal as an "ultimate betrayal of Islam and Arabs and a departure from the Islamic, Arab and national consensus.
Qatar’s foreign minister also said Tuesday Arab states that establish ties with the Zionist regime undermine efforts for Palestinian statehood.
"I think it’s better to have a united (Arab) front to put the interests of the Palestinians (first) to end the (Zionist regime’s) occupation,” Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani told the online Global Security Forum.
On a first official visit by Bahraini officials to the occupied territories, the Persian Gulf kingdom’s foreign minister, Abdullatif Al-Zayani, said his Zionist counterpart, Gabi Ashkenazi, would visit Manama in December.
"I was pleased to convey to Minister Ashkenazi the Kingdom of Bahrain’s formal request to open an embassy in Israel and to inform him that Israel’s reciprocal request for an embassy in Manama has been approved. This is a process which I hope can now move forward relatively quickly,” said Al-Zayani.
Askenazi, speaking at the occupying regime’s foreign ministry with Al-Zayani, said he hoped the opening ceremonies would be held by the end of 2020.
On September 11, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Bahrain was following the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in normalizing ties with the Zionist regime.
Four days later, the occupying regime’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed agreements with Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani during an official ceremony hosted by Trump at the White House.
Palestinians, who seek an independent state in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, with East al-Quds as its capital, have condemned the deals as a betrayal of their cause against the Israeli occupation.
Bahrain’s main opposition group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, has denounced the deal as an "ultimate betrayal of Islam and Arabs and a departure from the Islamic, Arab and national consensus.
Qatar’s foreign minister also said Tuesday Arab states that establish ties with the Zionist regime undermine efforts for Palestinian statehood.
"I think it’s better to have a united (Arab) front to put the interests of the Palestinians (first) to end the (Zionist regime’s) occupation,” Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani told the online Global Security Forum.