Posted on 06/29/21
| News Source: i24
Khaled Yousef al-Jalahmah will join the UAE's first ambassador to Israel, who arrived in March
Bahrain has officially appointed Khaled Yousef al-Jalahmah as the Gulf state's first-ever ambassador to Israel, according to official Bahraini state media.
Bahraini monarch Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa formalized the appointment on Tuesday, some three months after King Hamad issued royal decrees establishing his country’s diplomatic mission to Israel and naming al-Jalahma to head it up.
Then-Israeli foreign minister Gabi Ashkenazi signed off on the appointment on March 30, the day of the royal decree, saying at the time that it is "another important step" in implementing last September's Abraham Accords that normalized relations between Israel and Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, with the later additions of Sudan and Morocco to the diplomatic deal.
“His Majesty, may God preserve him, congratulated Ambassador Khaled Yousef al-Jalahmah, and His Majesty expressed his lofty directives to the ambassador, wishing him success in promoting Bahrain’s noble message of peace and the values of tolerance and peaceful coexistence,” official Bahraini media said.
Al-Jalahmah serves as director of operations at Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry and was previously deputy chief of mission at Bahrain’s embassy to the United States from 2009 to 2013.