Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz on Sunday visited Abu Dhabi as part of the United Nations Environment Conference.
This is the first trip by a senior Israeli minister to an Arab country immediately after the Bahrain conference.
In this context, the Minister also met with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and raised the subject of the Israeli POWs and MIAs. In addition, Minister Katz held a meeting with a senior UAE official. The meeting focused on the regional aspects and relations between the two countries, the need to deal with Iran's threats and the nuclear issue, missile development, and support for regional terrorism and the violence Iran is waging against regional interests.
The joint activities were also discussed to promote economic relations between the two countries in various fields, such as advanced technology, energy, agriculture, and water.
In this context, Minister Katz presented the Paths for Regional Peace initiative to an economic and strategic connection between Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states via Jordan, with the Israeli railway network and Haifa ports in the Mediterranean Sea.