“These are great steps taken forward since the Abraham Accords were signed,” Ahdeya Al Sayed, former president of Bahrain Journalist Association, told i24 News regarding Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s historic visit to the Gulf state.
WATCH: ‘Warm relations with Israel are here,’ says Bahraini journalist
FM Yair Lapid is greeted by his Bahraini counterpart, Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani in Manama, Bahrain, Sept. 30, 2021. (Shlomi Amshalem/GPO via AP)