The leaders of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain congratulated Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett on his new role as prime minister, Sunday.
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On Twitter, the Emirati Foreign Ministry wrote: The #UAE congratulates Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on the formation of a new #Israeli government."
In a follow-up tweet, the Emirati Foreign Ministry said: "We look forward to working together to advance regional peace, strengthen tolerance and coexistence, and embark upon a new era of cooperation in technology, trade, and investment."
Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed congratulated Foreign Minister and Prime Minister-designate Yair Lapid and wished him success in a phone call in which they discussed "bilateral cooperation between the two countries, in addition to the Abraham Accords," the minister's office wrote in a tweet on Monday.
Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman sent a congratulatory telegraph to Bennett, in which he expressed his sincere wishes to the newly formed government for success in its tasks "in a way that strengthen the pillars of development, stability, and peace in the region and the world," Bahrain's state news agency said on Monday.
World leaders extended their congratulations to Israel's new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, following the Knesset vote that ended Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year run as prime minister.
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