After three years without an envoy in Israel, Egypt has appointed a new ambassador on Sunday. The position has been vacant since 2012 when former president Mohamed Morsi recalled Atef Salem, Egypt’s former ambassador in Israel. Hazem Khairat, a former ambassador to Chile, has been appointed ambassador to Israel by President Abd El Fattah el-Sisi, reported state news agency MENA. Nevertheless, the exact date of assuming the new post has not been announced. The posting was warmly welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who said this is “something that is deeply welcome in Israel, and I think it’s very good for cementing the peace that exists between Egypt and Israel,” during a joint news conference with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. During the rule of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, who was elected into presidency in June 2012 following the ousting of his predecessor Hosni Mubarak, the relations between Egypt and Israel saw a noticeable decline. Egypt had first recalled its Ambassador from Tel Aviv in 2011 following a cross-border attack by militants that left four Egyptian soldiers dead. Upon being elected President, Morsi assigned a new Ambassador to…
Egypt Appoints New Ambassador To Israel After Three Years of Vacancy
June 22, 2015
