PM Netanyahu Meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Monday, 30 November 2015), at the
climate conference in Paris, met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
and invited him to visit Jerusalem.

Prime Minister Netanyahu:

"I’m delighted to see Prime Minister Trudeau. We’ve had a chance to speak on
the telephone. Canada and Israel have had superb relations. There’s a
foundation there to make these relations even stronger. Very practical
things that are of interest to both our peoples, and I look forward to
having that conversation with you. Now I’m inviting you to Israel at your
earliest opportunity."

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau:

"Indeed it would be a pleasure to return to Israel when it works out, but in
general this is really about starting and continuing… starting a
conversation to continue the very strong friendship and relationship between
Canada and Israel. We have many issues to talk about, to discuss, but also
many issues to collaborate on, and I look forward to continuing the strong
friendship that Canada has shown towards Israel for decades, and will
continue for ongoing times."

Prime Minister Netanyahu also met with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm
Turnbull and invited him to make an official visit as well.

The meetings were warm and friendly; the war on global terrorism was among
the issues discussed.