Israel’s Netanyahu to Visit China

(L) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the first working cabinet meeting of the new government at the Chagall Hall in the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem May 24, 2020. (Abir Sultan/Pool via Reuters), (R) Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping attends a meeting with delegates from the 2019 New Economy Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Nov. 22, 2019. Jason Lee-Pool/Getty Images

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on June 27 that he had been invited to visit China, according to a statement from his office.

In a meeting on Tuesday with members of the U.S. Congress, Netanyahu informed them that he had received an invitation for an official visit to China and that the Biden administration was notified of the coming visit a month ago, the statement said.