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First Israeli FM official arrives in Cairo since revolution: Sources

By Ahram Online

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Thursday ,21 March 2013

First Israeli FM official arrives in Cairo since revolution: Sources
Amira Dotan, head of the Middle East Department at Israel's Foreign Ministry, arrived at Cairo International Airport on Wednesday for a five-hour visit, sources have told Ahram Online.
 
No further information on the visit is known. Dotan is a former Knesset member and ex-brigadier general in the Israeli military. 
 
This is the first visit by an Israeli foreign ministry official to Egypt since the January 25 Revolution in 2011.