Recently-appointed Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman is scheduled to leave Israel on motzei Shabbos for his first official trip to the United States in his new capacity. He will be meeting with his US counterpart, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carton to discuss matters of mutual interest.

From Washington he will travel to Texas to take part in a ceremony to unveil the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter, which is to become Israel’s next generation fighter plane.

The trip comes at a time when Israel and the United States are working to narrow differences pertaining to a ten-year US military aid package.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)