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Israel
Relations with Eastern Europe
Improved Israeli-Soviet relations led to increased ties with
East European states as well. Israel and Poland reestablished
diplomatic relations in September 1986. Trade and tourism between
Israel and Hungary also improved in 1986. On August 6, 1986, a
senior Romanian envoy visited Jerusalem and met with Prime Minister
Peres to discuss relations with the Soviet Union. At the time,
there was speculation that the Romanian president, Nicolae Ceauçescu,
had helped arrange behind-the-scenes contacts between the Soviet
Union and Israel. On August 30, 1986, talks followed between Yehuda
Horam, head of the East European Division of the Israeli Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, and Romanian officials. Also in August, Mrs.
Shulamit Shamir, the wife of then-Minister of Foreign Affairs
Yitzhak Shamir, received an invitation to visit Bulgaria, the
first such official Bulgarian gesture toward Israel. In January
1987, an Israeli delegation held negotiations with Polish, Bulgarian,
and Hungarian representatives concerning agricultural cooperation.
Data as of December 1988
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