Israeli Tourism Minister Katz's trip includes participation in a United Nations World Tourism Organisation event in Riyadh and meetings with counterparts from unspecified countries.
The landmark visit comes as Riyadh sent its first delegation to the occupied West Bank in three decades. / Photo: AP
Israel's Tourism Minister Haim Katz has arrived in Saudi Arabia for the first such high-level public visit to the kingdom amid talks to secure bilateral ties. "Katz is the first Israeli minister to head an official delegation in Saudi Arabia," his ministry said in a statement, adding he would attend a United Nations World Tourism Organisation event in Riyadh.
During the two-day visit he is due to hold meetings"with his counterparts", Katz's office said without specifying which countries will be represented in such talks.
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