Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Thursday at his Jerusalem office with Paraguayan Vice President Pedro Alliana, who is conducting an official state visit to Israel. During the diplomatic meeting, the two leaders discussed strengthening bilateral relations and expanding multifaceted cooperation across multiple strategic fields. The Prime Minister welcomed the Vice President to Israel and extended warm regards to Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, underscoring the two nations’ close relationship.
1+Throughout the discussion, Netanyahu expressed deep appreciation to Paraguay’s leadership for its friendship and steadfast support for the State of Israel throughout the months of the ongoing war. Paraguay has consistently demonstrated its standing as one of Israel’s most loyal international allies, maintaining an unequivocal posture alongside the country. Alliana’s visit underscores both nations’ mutual commitment to deepening their strategic alliance, safeguarding the status of Paraguay’s embassy in Jerusalem, and confronting terrorism and antisemitism collaboratively.
1+Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar attended the high-level diplomatic meeting with Paraguayan Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano and Paraguayan Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Rolando de Barros. Also participating were National Security Adviser Shmuel Ben-Ezra, Prime Ministerial Foreign Policy Adviser Ophir Falk, and the ambassadors of both nations.
The parties concluded by agreeing to maintain close diplomatic, security, and economic coordination and to actively advance a series of joint initiatives in the period ahead.