First Israel-UAE flight takes off from Tel Aviv after countries reached historic peace

First Israel-UAE flight takes off from Tel Aviv after countries reached historic peace
# 31 August 2020 13:37 (UTC +04:00)

The first direct passenger flight took off on Monday from Israel's Tel Aviv to the UAE's Abu Dhabi after the two reached a historic accord to establish diplomatic ties, APA reports quoting Sputnik.

The plane, carrying high-level US and Israeli delegations, has taken off from Ben Gurion International Airport and will pass through the Saudi airspace to reach the UAE capital.

The US delegation is headed by Senior Presidential Adviser Jared Kushner and National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien. The Israeli delegation is chaired by the National Security Council head, Meir Ben Shabat, and consists of representatives of investment, civil aviation, foreign affairs, tourism and culture sectors.

"Our goal is to set a work plan to further develop and strengthen relations [with the UAE] in the tourism, innovation, economic and other fields," Ben Shabat told reporters ahead of the flight, which would take more than three hours.

The joint visit of the US-Israeli delegations to Abu Dhabi will last for two days.

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