President Herzog meets with British PM Rishi Sunak
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
07.11.2022
The two leaders discussed deepening the friendship between Israel and the United Kingdom and joint economic climate ventures. They also discussed security challenges, chiefly the Iranian nuclear project.
(Communicated by the President's Spokesperson)
President Isaac Herzog met for the first time today (Monday, 7 November 2022) with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who entered office last month, during COP27.
In their meeting, the two leaders discussed deepening the friendship between Israel and the United Kingdom and joint economic climate ventures, and they noted Britain's involvement as a result of economic developments fostered by the Abraham Accords. They also discussed security challenges, chiefly the Iranian nuclear project.
The President congratulated Britain's new Prime Minister and said: "I want to welcome Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Great Britain. Mr. Sunak is a great friend of Israel, and the United Kingdom and Israel have an incredible relationship, which has developed throughout the years, and I think it's one of the closest. We have so much to speak about from climate change to economic development and cooperation, security challenges, and of course maintaining regional stability. Thank you very much for taking the time. We know you're busy, you have huge challenges. We wish you great success, Prime Minister."
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak thanked the President and said: "Well, President, thank you for the very warm words. It's a great pleasure to spend some time with you. As you've said, I'll echo everything you said -- Israel is one of our closest friends, our closest allies, and there is an enormous amount for us to continue working on together, whether it's economic cooperation, security cooperation, or indeed climate change, that we're here discussing. So I look forward to our time together. We should get to work!"
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