Bahrain and UAE congratulate newly formed Israeli government

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (L) and alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid chat ahead of a photo of the new coalition government. (AFP)

• Bahrain's crown prince sent a congratulatory telegraph to new Israeli Prime Minister
• UAE’s foreign minister congratulated Israeli foreign minister on his new position

CAIRO: Bahrain’s crown prince sent a congratulatory telegraph to new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
The crown prince expressed his sincere wishes to the formed government for success in its tasks “in a way that strengthen the pillars of development, stability, and peace in the region and the world,” Bahrain state news agency (BNA) said on Monday.
Meanwhile, the UAE’s foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed discussed in a phone call with his Israeli counterpart “the bilateral cooperation between the two countries in addition to the Abraham Accords,” the minister’s office tweeted on Monday.
Bin Zayed congratulated the Israeli foreign minister, Yair Lapid, on his new position and wished him success, the tweet said.