Prof. Frederico Monjardin, president of the Parliament of Argentina, was received in the Knesset with full honors today, and reviewed a guard of honor as the Knesset police band played the Argentine national anthem. After a reception given by the Knesset presidium, Prof. Monjardin attended the morning Knesset session with Speaker Nachum Nir, who welcomed him with a reference to the friendly ties between Israel and Argentina.
Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel’s Foreign Minister, greeted the visitor from the floor of the Knesset on behalf of the Government. She paid tribute to Argentina’s long-standing friendship and support of “the Jewish people and the Jewish State.” She thanked him for the official invitation she had received to visit Argentina, and added a personal tribute to Prof. Monjardin who, as leader of the Union Civita Radical Intransigenta, and president of Parliament, had repeatedly expressed his sympathy for Israel.
Mrs. Meir also recalled the warm reception given by the leaders and people of Argentina to the late Knesset Speaker, Joseph Sprinzak. Israel Bar-Yehuda, Minister of the Interior, who represented the Government of Israel at the inauguration of President Arturo Frondizi; privately thanked Prof. Monjardin for the hospitality he received during his visit to Argentina.
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