(VOVworld) – The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, began his historic African tour on Monday to visit Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Ethiopia.
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Netnyahu embarks on historic journey to Africa- July 4, 2016. (Photo: PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE)
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This is the first visit to Africa by an Israeli Prime Minister since the 1994 visit to Morocco by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Netanyahu will attend a meeting of east African nations of Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Zambia, and Tanzania. Israel considers African nations its allies at international forums, notably the United Nations.