On the picture Ambassador Simona Frankel greeting Ms Latifa Bounajra (Proximus) together with Ambassador Aharon Leshno-Yaar and spouse.
Wednesday, 3 May 2017, Cercle de Lorraine, Brussels: In honour of Israel’s 69th Yom Ha’atzmaut (Independence Day), the Israeli heads of missions with residence in Brussels co-hosted a very-well attended reception for fellow ambassadors, Belgian politicians, representatives of the Jewish community in Belgium as well as EU representatives.
In fact more than 500 guests attended the function including the Belgian Federal Minister for Budget, Sophie Wilmès, EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Andrus Ansip as well as members of the Federal and Regional parliaments of Belgium.
Israeli Independence is fêted annually on 5 Iyar according to the Hebrew calendar, the corresponding Gregorian date this year was 2 May 2017. It entails the State of Israel’s establishment, or more precisely the date when its independence was proclaimed by Israel’s first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion after publicly reading the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 5 Iyar 5708/14 May 1948.
Both ambassadors based in Brussels, namely HE Ms Simona Frankel and HE Mr Aharaon Leshno-Yaar, highlighted respectively the recent development of bilateral and multilateral relations between Israel and Belgium and Israel and the European Union during their allocutions to the guests.
For Israel relations with EU member states are of particular relevance as the block is the country’s largest trading partner globally.
For further information:
Embassy of the State of Israel to Belgium and Luxembourg (HE Ambassador Simona Frankel): http://embassies.gov.il/language/Pages/default.aspx
Mission of Israel to the EU and NATO (HE Ambassador Aharon Leshno-Yaar): http://embassies.gov.il/eu/NewsAndEvents/Newsletter/Pages/Israel’s-new-Ambassador-to-the-EU—NATO—Meet-Aharon-Leshno-Yaar.aspx
Album: https://www.facebook.com/pg/IsraelinBelgium/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1617616821612364
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Pictures by the Embassy of Israel to Belgium and Luxembourg.
