Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid commented on the announcement of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to open its airspace to all flights, including Israeli, stressing that it is a “first step”.
I congratulate the Saudi leadership on opening its airspace. This is a first step. We will continue to work in this area with the necessary caution for the sake of the Israeli economy and the security of Israel and its citizens.
This came in tweets published by the Israeli Prime Minister, and said: “I congratulate the Saudi leadership on opening its airspace. This is a first step. We will continue to work in this field with the necessary caution for the sake of the Israeli economy and the security of Israel and its citizens.”
The Cabinet added: “I would like to thank US President Biden for a visit that was touching for an entire country and for his commitment to Israel’s military and diplomatic greatness. I wish him success in the Jeddah summit… At the conclusion of long and secret efforts and intense diplomatic efforts made towards Saudi Arabia and the United States, we wake up to this.” Morning, let’s receive good news: The Saudi Aviation Authority announced the opening of Saudi airspace to Israeli airlines.
And the Presidency of the Government continued: “This decision was preceded by the signing of the ‘Jerusalem Declaration’ and the deepening of the American commitment to Israel’s security, the fight once morest the Iranian nuclear program, the deepening of normalization and the activities related to the Abraham Agreements and the Negev Summit.”