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OAS Secretary General Meets with Head of MASHAV

  May 18, 2011

OAS Secretary General Meets with Head of MASHAV
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The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, met today with the Head of the Center for International Cooperation of Israel (MASHAV), Ambassador Haim Divon, in his office in Washington, DC to talk about the support MASHAV has been providing to the Young Americas Business Trust (YABT), an affiliate of the OAS, and about the current political situation in the Western Hemisphere.

During the meeting, Ambassador Divon, who is also Deputy Director General of his country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed his wish to Secretary General Insulza to continue collaborating with the Organization and its affiliates, and reiterated his government’s interest in strengthening relations with the countries of the American continent, with many of which he said Israel has excellent relations.

For his part, Secretary General Insulza thanked the visit of Ambassador Divon and his delegation and offered a summary of the issues of greatest significance on the hemispheric agenda, as are the situation of Honduras before the OAS and its possible return to the hemispheric Organization, the economic growth the region is experiencing, and the issue of crime and organized crime that countries are facing, the principal theme of the upcoming OAS General Assembly, to be held June 5 to 7 in San Salvador.

Reference: FNE-5380