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'Israel' rejects Norway FM visit request over recognition of Palestine

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 16 Jul 2024 11:17
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Israeli media have reported that the Norwegian Foreign Minister's request was denied by his Israeli counterpart.

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  • 'Israel' rejects to permit Norway FM visit over recognizing Palestine
    Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide speaks during a press conference in Oslo, Norway, on December 15, 2023. (AFP)

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz rejected a request from Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide to visit "Israel" following Norway's recognition of the Palestinian state.

Israeli Channel 7 reported that the rejection came even before the Norwegian minister contacted Katz, indicating that the Foreign Ministry in Norway tried to coordinate the visit, but the Israeli Foreign Ministry did not respond to the request, which left the Norwegian minister with no choice but to request the visit from Katz, the foreign minister, directly.

According to Katz, Eide has asked several times since May, when Norway, Spain, and Ireland coordinated recognition of a Palestinian state.

He finally approached Katz at last week’s NATO summit in Washington and told him, "We have a lot to discuss," to which the Israeli Foreign Minister responded, “You’ve also done a lot to us."

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