Israel hopes for UAE normalisation ceremony in Washington next month: Minister

The Israeli national flag in West Bank on Aug 16, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

JERUSALEM (REUTERS) - Israel hopes to hold a Washington ceremony solemnising its normalisation deal with the United Arab Emirates by mid-September, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet said on Sunday (Aug 30).

"This agreement is expected to be signed in the month of September in the city of Washington," Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis told public broadcaster Kan.

"It will happen - is meant to happen, so I hope - before our Rosh Hashanah. There is still no date, but this is certainly the desire of the government of Israel."

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, is on Sept 18.

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