The account of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs celebrated the participation of an Israeli team in the Dubai Bicycle Tour that kicks off today, Sunday, in a new normalization between Israel and the Emirates.
Israeli news websites reported that the Israeli professional team had arrived in the Emirates, and had been received by Emirati officials.
The team will participate in shirts that carry the colors of the Israeli flag in the Emirates tour, which will last for a week during which the participants cross all over the Emirates from Dubai, and it will be transferred to several countries in the world, including Israel.
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that for the first time, an Israeli team will participate in a bicycle race in the Emirates in the coming days.
And the Israeli Foreign Ministry, in a statement published through its account, “Israel in Arabic,” quoted an Israeli participant as saying to the official Israeli channel Kan, “The feeling is great, the Emirates is a special place that is breathtaking, I am received with arms, and the people here are very friendly.”
The Emirates Tawaf 2020 will be held in all seven emirates from Sunday to next Saturday.