Israel's new ambassador to Jordan, Einat Shlain, presented her credentials to Jordan's King Abdullah II at a ceremony at the Basman Palace in Amman on Monday. Shlain is the first woman to serve as an Israeli ambassador to an Arab country. She has worked for the Foreign Ministry for more than two decades. In past roles, she served as head of the international division at the Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Research Center and as a Middle Eastern affairs adviser at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. A Jordan News Agency report said Abdullah received the credentials of eight new ambassadors to Jordan on Tuesday. In addition to Israel, the new ambassadors were from Mexico, Brazil, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Germany and the United Arab Emirates. According to the report, the ceremony included the playing of national anthems of Jordan and the ambassadors' countries. Also, the new ambassadors laid wreaths at the tombs of Kings Hussein, Talal and Abdullah I.
