UNESCO conference, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia denies entry visas to Israel ministers

Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has refused to issue entry visas to Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and Education Minister Yoav Kisch to attend the UNESCO conference, Israeli media reported.The meeting of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee is



scheduled to be held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, from September 10 to 25.

Israel’s Channel 13 reported that Israel made “great efforts” to send the two ministers, but Saudi Arabia “put obstacles” and did not grant them visas.