UAE, Israel discuss quarantine-free travel corridor.
The UAE government has announced that it has begun formal negotiations with Israel to establish a quarantine-free travel corridor for travelers who have been vaccinated against the Coronavirus to facilitate business travel. Tourism and official launch.
As the two countries leading the world’s fastest vaccination campaigns, the UAE and Israel expressed their shared commitment to demonstrating that ending the pandemic requires widespread, effective vaccination and coordination between countries,” the statement added.
According to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on Wednesday: “Meetings are currently underway between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the United Arab Emirates and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs to reach an agreement on the terms of this agreement.
The two sides – in a joint statement – acknowledged that “the establishment of a travel corridor between the UAE and Israel will increase the level of bilateral exchanges following the Ebrahimi agreement for historic peace and create additional opportunities to strengthen economic and social relations between the two nations.”
The UAE signed the US-brokered Abraham Accord, agreeing to normalize relations with Israel last September. In December, the Gulf country activated tourist entry visas through airlines and travel and tourism offices for Israeli passport holders until the ratification of mutual visa waivers.
The Head of Israel’s embassy in Abu Dhabi, Eitan Naeh, said recently Israel was looking into potential road traffic with the UAE to further develop the bilateral trade corridor.
Naeh told UAE’s state news agency WAM in February around 130,000 Israeli tourists visited the UAE since air traffic was launched between the two countries, with air and sea links enabling goods traffic on flights within a few hours and ships within 16 days.
