Kiska leaves to visit Israel and Palestine

Slovak President Andrej Kiska started a working visit to Israel and Palestine. Travelling to Israel at the invitation of President Reuven Rivlin, Kiska is due to meet both his counterpart and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to debate bilateral cooperation and current issues in foreign policy. Kiska's programme also includes a trip to Ramallah to meet Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah. Apart from that, Kiska is scheduled to visit several notable locations, including the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, and to attend the inauguration of the Slovak-Israeli Science and Innovation Society. He is being accompanied by Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák and a group of Slovak entrepreneurs, academics, scientists and NGO figures.