Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin will arrive in Washington Sunday for talks with President Reagan and members of his administration, the Israel Embassy announced Monday.
The visit is part of the semiannual meetings Rabin has with Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci and other Pentagon officials.
Yosef Gal, the embassy’s spokesman, said that Rabin will use next Tuesday’s meeting with Reagan to thank the president for his support of Israel, particularly the development of strategic cooperation between the two countries.
This may be the last official meeting between the two, since Reagan ends his term in January and Israel is scheduled to have an election for the Knesset by November.
Rabin has a full schedule of meetings set for next Monday with Carlucci, Secretary of State George Shultz and Colin Powell, Reagan’s national security adviser. He is to meet with members of Congress next Tuesday.
Rabin is also scheduled to address the National Press Club next Wednesday.
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