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Israel, UAE discuss cooperation in science, space

Published : 04 Mar 2021, 23:12

  DF News Desk
An airplane carrying the first official delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) lands at the Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 20, 2020. File Photo: Xinhua.

Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have discussed cooperation in science, space, technology, and innovation, Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology said on Thursday, reported Xinhua.

The ministry's director general Shai-Lee Spigelman exchanged views at a meeting with the UAE Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Mahmoud Al Khaja, saying the two sides "had an excellent meeting."

Israel and the UAE agreed to formally normalize their relations in mid-August 2020, and signed a normalization agreement at the White House on Sept. 15 the same year.

Since the signing of the deal, the two countries have established bilateral working groups and reached agreements on some areas of common interest.