Slovenia will open a consulate in Tel Aviv, to be headed by Honorary Consul Eival Giladi. The decision was taken at Thursday's government session.
The decision was prompted by the desire to further political and strategic dialogue and to deepen the already excellent ties with Israel, in particular in economy and science. The government also expects that the opening of the consulate would promote Slovenia in the central part of Israel. Slovenia opened a consulate in Haifa in 2002. The honorary consul there, Adi Rosenfeld, focuses on economic ties with the northern part of the country. Eival Giladi is a member of the Slovenian-Israeli Business Friendship Association, founded at the beginning of this year by Slovenia's Ambassador to Israel Iztok Jarc and Honorary Consul Adi Rosenfeld.