UAE foreign minister speaks with Israeli counterpart

CAIRO - The United Arab Emirates' foreign minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, discussed on a phone call with his Israeli counterpart "the bilateral cooperation between the two countries, in addition to the Abraham Accords," the minister's office wrote in a tweet on Monday.

Bin Zayed congratulated the Israeli foreign minister, Yair Lapid, on his new position and wished him success, the tweet said. 

Lapid tweeted that he looked forward to working with him to build on the warm and unique relations between “our two countries for the benefit of our peoples and the entire Middle East.”