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10/17/2020

Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin To Lead U.S. Delegation to Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates in Support of th…

Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin To Lead U.S. Delegation to Israel,
Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates in Support of the Abraham
Accords
October 16, 2020

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that a U.S.
delegation led by Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin will travel to Israel, Bahrain and the United
Arab Emirates from October 17 to October 20 to support expanded economic cooperation
under the Abraham Accords signed by the three countries last month.
Secretary Mnuchin and the U.S. delegation will join Israeli o icials on the first-ever direct
commercial flight from Israel to Bahrain. The historic flight will depart Tel Aviv and arrive in
Manama, where the U.S. and Israeli delegations will participate in meetings with senior
Bahraini o icials. The group will then travel to Abu Dhabi, where Secretary Mnuchin will
participate in the first-ever Abraham Accords Business Summit. The U.S. and Israeli
delegations will return to Israel on the first-ever direct commercial flight from Abu Dhabi to
Tel Aviv.
The U.S. delegation led by Secretary Mnuchin will include:
Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury
Avi Berkowitz, Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International
Negotiations
Adam Boehler, CEO, International Development Finance Corporation
David Friedman, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, U.S. Embassy Jerusalem
Robert Greenway, Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Middle East
and North African A airs, NSC
Monica Crowley, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public A airs
Major General Miguel Correa, Senior Director for Gulf and North African A airs, NSC
Paul Packer, Chairman, Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad
Aryeh Lightstone, Chief of Sta , U.S. Embassy Jerusalem
Edgar Vasquez, Deputy Senior Director for Strategic Communications, NSC
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Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin To Lead U.S. Delegation to Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates in Support of th…

Scott Leith, Director for Israel, Egypt and the Levant, NSC
Kenneth Evans, Director for the Arabian Peninsula, NSC
Ryan Arant, Senior Economic Advisor for International Negotiations, NSC
Ari Einhorn, Director, O ice of the Special Representative for International Negotiations
Zachary McEntee, Deputy Chief of Sta , U.S. Department of the Treasury
Allison Minor, Managing Director for the Middle East, International Development Finance
Corporation

NOTE: Details are subject to change.
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