Benjamin Netanyahu and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Felix Tshisekedi -Ohayon (GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is continuing with his diplomatic push on the sidelines of the opening of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, making the most of the gathering of world leaders in New York for the event. Now the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, announced that Israel will open an embassy in Kinshasa and the DRC will move its embassy to Jerusalem, making it the ninth nation to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capitol.
This came one day after Paraguayan President Peña informed Prime Minister Netanyahu that it was his intention to return the Paraguayan Embassy to Jerusalem by the end of the year. At the same time, Israel will reopen its embassy in the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion.
During the meeting the two leaders held, they discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in agriculture, trade, security and cyber.
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Benjamin Netanyahu said of their meeting, “We’ve just had very productive talks with the president of Congo, and we agreed that Israel will open an embassy in Kinshasa and Congo will move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. These are two good announcements and I think they reflect our common desire to upgrade our relations.”
DRC President Tshisekedi said, “I confirm that we had excellent discussions with the Prime Minister of Israel, Netanyahu. And the discussions covered – excellent relations that we have and how to reinforce those relations. And those exchanges also covered the way we could come closer to Israel by developing more projects, in security, cybersecurity and so on. And in order to emphasize that, the State of Israel has agreed to open its embassy in Kinshasa, and on the other end, the Democratic Republic of Congo agreed to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.”
Benjamin Netanyahu also met with a group of leaders of countries in the Pacific region, including Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr., Nauru President Russ Kun, Marshall Islands President David Kabua, Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, Papua New Guinea Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso and Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna.
Prime Minister Netanyahu at the start of the meeting, “I’m delighted to have this meeting. You’ve been wonderful friends of Israel. Israel is your friend. We have so much in common.”
The Prime Minister thanked the leaders for their support for the State of Israel over the years and for their activity in the UN institutions.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Israel is a global center in innovation and capabilities for dealing with the climate crisis that endangers humanity in general and island states in particular. He suggested taking effective action to assist in finding solutions to dealing with the effects of climate change in this group of islands.
The Prime Minister thanked the leaders of Fiji and Nauru for stating during the meeting that they are working to open embassies in Israel soon.
Also on Thursday, Benjamin Netanyahu met with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The Prime Minister and former Secretary of State Kissinger, a friend of Israel, have known each other for many years.
Benjamin Netanyahu also met with the former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, in New York this week and Schmidt agreed to advise Israel on AI.
“Eric accepted my offer to join the forum that advises Israel in the field of artificial intelligence,” said Netanyahu. “We talked about the challenges and opportunities in this important field, in which I want Israel to be a leading global factor.”
