The Tel Aviv Municipality Hall is illuminated with the colors of the national flag of the United Arab Emirates in the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Aug. 13, 2020. (Xinhua/Gideon Markowicz/JINI)
Israel's cabinet ratified on Sunday two deals to promote aviation and science cooperation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), following a recently-signed normalization accord.
The ministers voted in favor of an agreement to establish regular flights between Israel and the UAE, and another deal to promote advanced science and technology cooperation, according to a statement issued by the prime minister's office.
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. (Xinhua/Gideon Markowicz/JINI)
"This is another milestone in strengthening bilateral relations and we will continue to develop ties with the additional agreements that we will bring," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the ministers at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting.
The first commercial passenger flight from the UAE landed in Israel on Oct. 19, about a month after the two countries signed the US-brokered normalization deal.