After Devastating 2010 Break, Israel and Nicaragua Restore Ties - ENRIQUE ANDRES PRETEL REUTERS

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with British Prime Minister Theresa May. (Reuters)

After Devastating 2010 Break, Israel and Nicaragua Restore Ties

 3/29/2017 ENRIQUE ANDRES PRETEL/REUTERS

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Nicaragua and Israel have decided to reestablish diplomatic relations, effective immediately, after they were suspended in 2010, the Central American nation said on Tuesday.

"The two governments place great importance on the renewal of relations with the aim of promoting joint activity for the welfare of both peoples and to contribute to the fight for peace in the world," Nicaragua's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega suspended diplomatic ties with Israel in 2010 in protest after Israeli commandos staged a deadly raid on a flotilla trying to break a blockade of Gaza.

In 2012, Ortega, a leftist Cold War antagonist of the United States, urged Israel to destroy its nuclear weapons as he hosted then-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Managua. 

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