Israel is preparing for an unprecedented visit by Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga in the coming weeks Hebrew-speaking Channel 13 reported.
The report said on Tuesday that Maiga’s visit to Israel will be before the April 9 elections.
The Muslim-majority country severed ties with Israel in 1973 following the Yom Kippur War. Last year Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the Malian president on the sidelines of a summit in Liberia. At the end of the meeting Netanyahu’s office released a statement claiming both countries agreed to “warm relations.”
The news comes days after Netanyahu flew to Chad for a single-day visit to re-establish ties with another Muslim-majority country after 47 years of rupture.
