Israel hopes for Washington signing ceremony on UAE deal by mid-September

Israel hopes for Washington signing ceremony on UAE deal by mid-September

Israel hopes to hold a signing ceremony in Washington for its normalisation deal with the United Arab Emirates by mid-September, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet said on Sunday.

The date for such an event could be decided by senior aides to Netanyahu and to U.S. President Donald Trump when those officials fly to Abu Dhabi on Monday for talks, Israeli Regional Cooperation Minister Ofir Akunis told public broadcaster Kan.

Top Trump adviser Jared Kushner and the other U.S. delegates were due in Israel on Sunday to prepare for the UAE mission.

"This (normalisation) agreement is expected to be signed in the month of September in the city of Washington," Akunis said. "That is meant to be one of the outcomes of the talks in the