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Media Availability by Secretary Hagel with President Peres in Tel Aviv, Israel
ISRAELI PRESIDENT SHIMON PERES: Mr. Secretary, I'm very delighted to see you.
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL: Thank you.
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Joint Press Conference with Secretary Hagel and Israeli Defense Minister Ya'alon in Tel Aviv, Israel
MODERATOR: We will start with a statement by the minister of defense, Mr. Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon, followed by a statement by the secretary of defense, Mr. Chuck Hagel. Please, questions will be afterwards.
ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER MOSHE YA'ALON: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Shalom. I was delighted and honored to host my friend, secretary of defense of the United States, Chuck Hagel. I was very moved, Chuck, that after visiting your troops in Afghanistan, you made Israel the first destination of your term as the secretary of defense.
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The Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, will lead a delegation to visit Israel on 21-23 April.
During the visit, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov will hold meetings with several personalities: the President of Israel, Shimon Peres, the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Benjamin Netanyahu, The President of the Knesset, Yuli Edelstein, Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin, Chairman of the Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee, Avigdor Liberman, the Head of the National Security Council Yaakov Amidror, and other senior officials.
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President Peres to the Director General of the WHO, Margaret Chan
"Israel will be glad to share our advanced technology and to work together for the sake of the world's health"
The President of the State of Israel, President Shimon Peres, met this morning with the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Margaret Chan who came to Israel on a historic first visit of the WHO Director General to Israel.
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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will travel to Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates April 20-27.
Hagel will first travel to Israel where he will meet with Minister of Defense Moshe Ya’alon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres to further the close military to military relationship between the United States and Israel. Hagel’s trip follows on President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel where he announced that the United States and Israel will negotiate a new 10-year agreement to provide Israel with foreign military financing. The secretary will also discuss regional challenges including those presented by Iran and Syria.
