President Reuven Rivlin met with the new UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland in Jerusalem on Sunday and congratulated him on his new position, telling Wennesland he wa "happy" to continue the good coordination he had with the previous head of UNSCO, Nikolay Mladenov.
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The two discussed the current regional challenges and the various needs raised by the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the important opportunities the Abraham Accords offer the peoples of the region, the president's spokesperson said in a statement.
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, formerly known as UNSCO, represents the United Nations in all diplomatic efforts in regards to the Middle East. The international body also coordinates the humanitarian work of various UN agencies in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Last year, Israel embraced the Abraham Accords, a normalization peace treaty brokered by former US President Donald Trump, as well as four Arab nations in the Middle East and North Africa.
Israeli leaders have noted that the landmark normalizations do not hamper efforts to reignite the peace process with the Palestinians, with Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi last week calling on the Palestinian Authority to return to the negotiation table with no preconditions.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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