(Israel Hayom) Matti Tuchfeld and Daniel Siryoti - David Govrin, Israel's new ambassador to Egypt, presented his credentials Wednesday to President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo as the Egyptian military band played the Israeli national anthem. Govrin said of el-Sisi, "In a brief conversation I had with him in Arabic, he asked about my personal background and I told him, among other things, about my early acquaintance with Egypt as a diplomat in Cairo." Govrin, who is fluent in Arabic, served as first secretary in Israel's embassy from 1994 to 1997. "El-Sisi shook my hand amicably and stressed the importance of reviving relations with Israel." In September 2011, Israel shuttered its Cairo embassy after it was raided by an Egyptian mob. It was reopened in September 2015.
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