Shimshon Arad, Israel’s new ambassador to Mexico, presented his credentials today to Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos. Ambassador Arad succeeds Ambassador Simcha Prattt, who left to take up a post at the Israel Foreign Affairs Ministry in Jerusalem.
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