Israel has opened an embassy in Zambia, more than half a century after it was shuttered following the Yom Kippur war and as the African nation’s Jewish population has dwindled to near zero.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Zambian Foreign Minister Mulambo Haimbe opened the embassy together on Wednesday.

“It’s an honor to be in Lusaka for the opening of Israel’s embassy,” Sa’ar tweeted , adding that the two countries were “enhancing our partnership in agriculture, health and much more.”

Zambia and Israel first established diplomatic ties in 1966, but Zambia severed its ties with Israel in 1973 following the Yom Kippur War at the urging of the Organization of African Unity.

The two countries reestablished diplomatic ties in 1991, and in 2015, Zambia opened an embassy in Tel Av

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