World News | Israel to Open Embassy in Zambia in August

Tel Aviv [Israel], May 29 (ANI/TPS): Israel Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar has appointed Ofra Farhi as Ambassador to Zambia and Non-Resident Ambassador to Botswana and Zimbabwe. The Israeli embassy in Zambia is expected to open in August.

Farhi currently serves as Ambassador-at-Large to Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Sa'ar will submit her appointment for government approval.

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Israel and Zambia established diplomatic relations shortly after Zambia declared independence in 1964. But ties were severed in the aftermath of the Six-Day War of 1967. Diplomatic relations were restored in 1991. Zambia opened an embassy in Tel Aviv in 2005. (ANI/TPS)

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