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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinian Minister Holds 1st Meeting with Israel's Lapid

Israeli alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid arrives to attend the first weekly cabinet meeting of the new government in Jerusalem June 20, 2021. Emmanuel Dunand/Pool via REUTERS

Israel's top diplomat held an official meeting Sunday evening with a Palestinian minister, the latter said, the first such encounter between the Israeli current foreign minister and a Palestinian official.

"I met this evening with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and we discussed several political and bilateral issues," Palestinian civil affairs minister Hussein al-Sheikh said on Twitter.

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