Due to internal opposition to normalization of economic and diplomatic ties with Israel, Bahrain said only willing to sign the interim accord, slowing the pace of proceedings to a final deal, according to the Times of Israel on Friday.
Israel is set to move forward with its recently inked normalization agreements with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain this week, with a delegation from Jerusalem set to travel to Manama, the capital of Bahrain.
On the other hand, a delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is going to visit the Jewish state for the first time next week for talks on economic cooperation.
The Israeli delegation heading to Manama on Sunday will make history by taking the first-ever commercial nonstop flight from Israel to the Gulf kingdom.
However, Manama is also slowing the pace of proceedings toward the signing of a full-fledged peace deal, the "Walla", an Israeli news site reported Friday, with the kingdom preferring to sign “a joint communique on establishing peaceful and diplomatic relations,
According to the Israeli site, the Bahrainis want to move forward more cautiously than the UAE due to some domestic opposition to the move.
Nevertheless, the communique was still considered to progress and expands on the initial declaration signed in Washington.
“The aim of the communique is to start implementing the declaration which was signed in Washington, put more meat into it, make it more detailed and define the principles of the relations between the countries,” an Israeli official told Walla.
“It will be the umbrella for all bilateral agreements to be signed in the next several months,” the unnamed official said.
In addition to the already agreed upon establishment of full diplomatic relations and the opening of embassies, the communique will see both sides commit to not engage in any hostile actions against one another and act to prevent such actions on their territories by third parties.
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