ABU DHABI: A United States-Israeli delegation led by White House Adviser Jared Kushner arrived on Monday in Abu Dhabi, on the historic first commercial flight from Tel Aviv to mark the normalization of ties between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates. In another breakthrough, regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia allowed the flight to cross its airspace, halving what would otherwise have been a long trip around the Arabian peninsula. I would like to thank the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for making that possible,” Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, said on arrival in Abu Dhabi. There are no limits to cooperation… in education, innovation, health, aviation, agriculture, energy and many other fields,” he said in Abu Dhabi. Kushner said Monday that the US could maintain that edge “while also advancing our military relationship with the United Arab Emirates” and that the issue would be discussed further in “coming weeks and months.”

Source: Manila Times August 31, 2020 15:55 UTC