Sobotka’s trip included visits to Yad Vashem, Golan Heights.
In the first visit by an Austrian official since the January inauguration of President Alexander Van der Bellen, border control was among a host of issues on which Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka sought Israeli guidance.
“Israel has a lot of knowhow and experience, and this is important – not just for Austria, but it also can be for Europe as a whole,” he told The Jerusalem Post in an interview at the Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv last week.
sit by an Austrian official since the January inauguration of President Alexander Van der Bellen, border control was among a host of issues on which Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka sought Israeli guidance.
“Israel has a lot of knowhow and experience, and this is important – not just for Austria, but it also can be for Europe as a whole,” he told The Jerusalem Post in an interview at the Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv last week.
As reported by The Jerusalem Post