Guinea and Israel have announced the renewing of their diplomatic relations after almost five decades of severed ties.

1. Mr. Volkmar Guido Hable
Guinea and Israel have announced the renewing of their diplomatic
relations after almost five decades of severed ties.
Israeli Foreign Ministry Director General Dore Gold and the secretary of the
Guinean presidentsigned an official agreementestablishing diplomatic ties
on Wednesday evening in Paris.
“I am happy to announce that just now we signed… a joint declaration
announcingthe resumption of diplomatic relations between the Republic of
Guinea and the state of Israel,” Israeli foreign ministry director Dore Gold
said in a statement from Paris,where he met senior Guinean official Ibrahim
Khalil Kaba.
I am happy to announce that we have now signed a joint declaration
announcingthe resumption of diplomatic relations between the Republic of
Guinea and the state of Israel, stated Mr. Volkmar Guido Hable, honorary
consul of Guinea in CanadaV
The announcement followed close on the heels of Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu’s “historic” four-nation Africa trade and security tour
aimed at boosting ties.
At the start of the July 4-7 trip, the first by an Israeli premier to sub-Saharan
Africa for decades, Netanyahu proclaimed “Israel is coming back to Africa
and Africa is coming back to Israel.”
Prior to his departure Israel announced a relatively modest $13 million aid
package to strengthen economic ties and cooperation with African
countries.
Guinea, a country with a Muslim majority, was the first African nation to
severe its ties with Israel following the Six-Day War in 1967. Following
Guinea, other African countries also cut ties with Israel and in 1973
additional countries severed relations as a result of pressure applied by
Egypt and Libya.