Yaakov Shabtai became Israel's first police commissioner to visit the United Arab Emirates when he landed in the Arab Gulf state on Sunday.
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The trip comes nearly a year and a half after the two countries normalized relations as part of the US-brokered Abraham Accords and follows other high-profile visits to the UAE by senior Israeli officials, including most recently by President Isaac Herzog.
Shabtai is scheduled to meet with senior officials in the Emirati Interior Ministry, as well as the police commissioners of Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Israel's Police Foreign Relations Unit coordinated the visit, which is aimed at strengthening ties between the two countries' police forces.
Shabtai recently appointed an Israel Police representative to be stationed at the Israeli Embassy in Abu Dhabi.
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