Signing formalizes ties with Bahrain

Israel and Bahrain were scheduled to officially establish diplomatic relations on Sunday at a ceremony in Manama, an Israeli official said, after the two states reached a US- brokered normalization deal last month. A visiting delegation from Israel and officials in Bahrain will sign a “joint communique ( that) is the establishment of full diplomatic relations”, an Israeli official in Manama told reporters. Once the text is signed at a ceremony scheduled for Sunday evening, Israel and Bahrain will be free to open embassies in each other’s countries, the official said.