Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said he would meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah a-Sisi soon, adding that relations with Jordan are moving on a very positive path.
At the start of a weekly cabinet meeting, Bennett said: “I will travel to Egypt to meet President Abdel Fattah a-Sisi, who extended his invitation to solidify and bolster relations with nations in the Middle East.”
The Prime Minister’s office had announced last week that Sisi had invited Bennett to an official visit to Egypt in the coming weeks.
Egypt’s intelligence minister conveyed the invitation from Sisi during a meeting with Bennett in Jerusalem last week.
The PM also addressed strained relations with Jordan, saying they are on a very positive path, after years of crisis, which were “completely unjustified”, under former PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
“We are now mending relations” with all regional countries, he added, citing efforts by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and other ministers.
The efforts aim to form a coalition of nations to confront Iran’s extremism, said the premier.
Bennett’s predecessor, Netanyahu, was the last Israeli prime minister to pay an official visit to Egypt. He met with late President Hosni Mubarak in 2011 when he was still in power.
