After Pakistan deniedlinkof recognising Israel, an Israeli minister has also dismissed the newsreport saying that Islamabad’s recognition of the country is not on thecards.
Israeli Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis, while speaking to anIsraeli TV channel, shared that Tel Aviv was working towards formalisingits ties with a fifth Muslim country after the recent flurry ofrecognition.
The minister said Israel is hoping the recognition takes place before theend of US President Donald Trump’s tenure on January 20.
“There will be an American announcement about another country that is goingpublic with the normalisation of relations with Israel and, in essence,with the infrastructure for an accord — a peace accord,” Akunis told *YnetTV,* which was quoted by Israeli publication *Haaretzlink*.
The Israeli minister declined to mention the name but said two countrieswere in contention, saying one was in the Gulf. But he did clarify thatSaudi Arabia was out of the question.
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Akunis said the other country was in the east and it is a “Muslim countrythat is not small”, adding that it is not Pakistan.
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