The thaw in Soviet-Israeli relations was evident this week when the Soviet ambassador to the United Nations here visited the home of his Israeli colleague.
It was the first such visit since the Soviet Union broke diplomatic relations with Israel in 1967.
The Israeli envoy, Yitzhak Lior, invited his Soviet counterpart, Evgeni Makeyev, to a reception he gave in honor of Israel’s minister of health, Ehud Olmert.
Olmert heads the Israeli delegation to the annual General Assembly of the World Health Organization, which opened here this week.
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