Argentina’s new Ambassador to Israel, Rogelio Rafael Tristani, presented his credentials to President Izhak Ben-Zvi today, completing the resumption of normal relations between the two countries following the recall of ambassadors last summer over the Eichmann affair.
Foreign Minister Golda Meir and senior Israeli Government officials were present while the President and the Argentine envoy exchanged mutual felicitations and called for closer ties between the two countries in all spheres. An Israel Army band played the anthems of both countries.
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