Jerusalem – Israel’s prime minister has congratulated Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz on his party winning Austria’s general election.
Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement that he spoke with Kurz by telephone on Monday and commended Austria for “preserving the memory of the Holocaust and its war against anti-Semitism” in recent years.
Kurz responded positively when Netanyahu invited him to Israel, according to the statement.
Kurz claimed the win as final results announced by the Interior Ministry showed his People’s Party had a comfortable lead with almost all the ballots counted.
Both Kurz’s party and the right-wing Freedom Party — Kurz’s most likely government coalition partner — campaigned on the need for tougher immigration controls, quickly deporting asylum-seekers whose requests are denied and cracking down on radical Islam.
As reported by Vos Iz Neias