Israel Plans to Upgrade Soviet Consular Team
- Share via
JERUSALEM — Israel is seeking to raise the level of its first mission in the Soviet Union since 1967 by appointing a senior diplomat to head the consular delegation, a Foreign Ministry official said Monday.
He said Israel will soon seek Soviet approval for Arye Levine, who has the rank of a deputy director-general of the ministry, to replace first secretary Miron Gordon as head of the mission.
The Soviet Union, which severed relations with the Jewish state during the 1967 Six-Day War, sent a consular delegation to Israel last year and allowed an Israeli delegation to go to Moscow this summer.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
