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(IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, whose father immigrated to Israel from the city of Harbin in China, traded nostalgic memories Monday with Du Yuxin, secretary of the Communist party in Harbin. The Prime Minister showed his visitor a picture of his father, Mordechai Olmert. Yuxin presented Prime Minister Olmert with pictures of his grandfather's grave and said that before leaving China, he visited the school where the Prime Minister's father studied.

“I am very grateful to you and would like to tell you that this is a very special moment for me," the Prime Minister replied. "This is very moving for me, to host a prominent figure from Harbin, because my family came from there, and I have very warm ties to the area."