Two Israeli nurses left for Burma today to head the nurses school of the Burmese Army.
Dinah Kaplanovitch and Hedva Rami, the nurses, were guests at a farewell reception given by the Foreign Relations department of the Histadrut. Reuven Barkatt, head of the department, said the mission of the nurses would help to strengthen relations between Israel and Burma.
A representative of the Burmese diplomatic corps expressed his country’s gratitude for help given by Israel in various fields and said the nurses’ mission would be an additional link in the friendly relations of the two nations.
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