Israeli Regional Cooperation Minister spoke with Bahraini counterpart

The two ministers also agreed to a face-to-face meeting in the future.

By TOVAH LAZAROFF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Minister Ofir Akunis: Israeli research has never received support to the extent that it was backed by this ministry during the past term of government. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Minister Ofir Akunis: Israeli research has never received support to the extent that it was backed by this ministry during the past term of government.
(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis spoke with Bahraini Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Zayed Bin Rashid al-Zayani about joint cooperation between the two countries and agreed to a face-to-face meeting in the future.
They spoke by telephone in advance of Tuesday’s ceremony in the White House to formalize the normalization of ties between their countries, alongside the signing of a normalization report between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
The Israeli and Bahraini ministers said they would seek to advance the principle of "peace for prosperity" between the two countries and spoke of their hope that continued normalization efforts in the region would benefit all citizens.