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JERUSALEM: Israel’s foreign minister on Tuesday inaugurated the country’s embassy in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). On his first official visit to the Gulf state since last year’s controversial normalization agreement between the two countries, Yair Lapid attended the embassy’s opening ceremony. Afterward, Lapid thanked Benyamin Netanyahu, the longtime prime minister who lost his post earlier this month, calling him the architect of the normalization agreement between the UAE and Israel. Describing the embassy’s inauguration as a historic moment, Lapid said: “Agreements are signed by leaders, but...