Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday that French President Emmanuel Macron had assured Netanyahu that Israeli companies would be able to participate in the Paris Air Show.
The Prime Minister’s Office statement stated that this confirmation came during a telephone conversation between the two parties.
The statement added that Macron and Netanyahu also discussed “various topics, including the latest developments in Lebanon and Gaza.” The Elysee did not immediately comment on this conversation.
The ceasefire agreement that Israel concluded this month with the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Gaza is still holding, as is the case with a similar agreement concluded last year between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah.
Last May, the participation of Israeli arms manufacturing companies in the Eurosatory exhibition was canceled based on a decision by the French government in the midst of the war in the Gaza Strip.
This ban led to tense relations between the two countries, but last October a French court overturned a government ban on the participation of Israeli companies in a naval weapons exhibition near Paris.
The Paris Air Show – the largest in the world – is held every two years, alternating with the Farnborough Show in Britain.
The exhibition is scheduled to be held from June 16-22, and leading companies in the fields of space, aviation and defense from around the world usually participate in the two exhibitions.
