Several Arab countries are at other stages on their way to Israel, UAE Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash said Thursday, precisely one week after the country’s historic agreement with Israel.
“There are several Arab countries that are on this scale at other stages,” Gargash said in a virtual interview with the US Atlantic Council tank.
“The region wants a strategic breakthrough,” he added.
The long-term relationship between the United Arab Emirates and Israel will be a “warm peace,” according to Gargash.
Israeli and UAE flags line up on a road in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya, Israel, 16 August 2020 (AFP)
Palestinian Muslim worshippers take photographs as they gather for the morning prayer of Eid al-Fitr near the Dome of the Rock on the grounds of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest place, in Jerusalem’s Old City on June 15, 2018 (AFP)
Palestinian protesters from the village of Haris in the occupied West Bank clash with Israeli foot soldiers on May 29, 2020, a demonstration opposing the expropriation of Palestinian land by the Israeli Revava Agreement (AFP).
Tel Aviv City Hall is illuminated with the flags of the United Arab Emirates and Israel as the countries announced they would identify full diplomatic relations, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 (AP)