Israel's Foreign Ministry said a senior official has met with a visiting former military general from Saudi Arabia. The meeting marks a rare public engagement between countries that have no official relations.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said on Sunday that the Director General Dore Gold met with the former military general from Saudi Arabia, Anwar Eshki.
Eshki currently heads a Saudi think tank in Jeddah but is believed to have close ties with the kingdom's rulers.
Official government permission was likely necessary for him to make such an overt visit.
Saudi Arabia has floated a plan for a comprehensive peace agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbors, the New Arab reports.
