PM Netanyahu Speaks by Telephone with Austrian Chancellor-Elect Sebastian
Kurz
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, earlier this evening (Monday, 16 October
2017), spoke to Austrian Chancellor-elect Sebastian Kurz. The Prime Minister
congratulated him on his election victory and said that Austria has done
much in recent years to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and in its
fight against anti-Semitism. The Chancellor-elect thanked the Prime Minister
and added that he was interested in developing the friendship and links with
Israel.

Prime Minister Netanyahu also raised the issue of Iranian aggression and
invited Chancellor-elect Kurz to visit Israel. The latter responded
positively and said that he would be happy to visit Israel soon.