TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he’s been formally invited to visit China, a move commentators warned could have political ramifications given he’s not yet been to the U.S. six months after taking office.
Netanyahu told a visiting delegation of U.S. congressional representatives about the offer, adding that he informed the Biden administration a month ago, the Israeli government said in a statement on Tuesday. While not specifying whether he had accepted the offer, the release said the projected visit would be the prime minister’s fourth to Beijing over a number of stints in power.
Israel and the U.S. have long had close relations, and Netanyahu stressed the security and intelligence cooperation between the two countries “is at an all-time peak,” and the U.S. remains an “irreplaceable ally,” according to the statement.
