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Prime Minister Boris Johnson today spoke to Israel’s new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in a phone call for the first time since Bennett took office, inviting the Israeli leader to visit the UK. A statement from No 10 said Prime Minister Johnson spoke to PM Bennett “to congratulate him on the formation of a new government and reaffirm the strength of the UK-Israel relationship”.
The statement added that “the leaders stressed their commitment to deepening cooperation on defence and security, as well as in technology and trade”.
The two leaders discussed “the shared fight against coronavirus and welcomed the collaboration between our two countries throughout the pandemic, including exchanges between medical experts and data-sharing on vaccines”. Inviting Israel’s Prime Minister to the UK, the No 10 statement said that “the Prime Minister raised the importance of working together to tackle climate change, and hoped that Prime Minister Bennett would be able to attend the UK-hosted COP26 summit in November”.
