Shamai Cahana, Israel’s new Charge d’Affaires in Cuba, arrived here to take up his post. Mr. Cahana, who was First Secretary at the Israel Embassy in Lima, Peru, succeeds Joel Barromi, who has been named Counsellor at the Israel Embassy in Buenos Aires. Mr. Cahana was welcomed on his arrival by Foreign Ministry officials and leaders of the Cuban Jewish community.
The new Charge d’Affaires was at one time the private secretary of former Israeli Premier Moshe Sharett. He also served as Second Secretary of the Israel Embassy in Washington and was a member of Israel’s Mission to the United Nations.
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