From 2006 to 2009, he was also the non resident ambassador of Israel to Slovenia.
It is most "unfortunate" that no Arab nation maintains a resident ambassador in Israel, he said.
US officials initially paid little attention, not sending a resident ambassador to the country until 1943.
The two countries maintain resident ambassadors in both capitals.
Early in 1605 he was sent as resident ambassador to Spain.
No foreign heads of state, special envoys or even resident ambassadors were invited.
He was also the first resident Japanese ambassador in any Polynesian country.
Officials do not expect to have a resident ambassador for a few years, but will send in diplomats for a few months at a time.
He was a resident ambassador to the Netherlands from 1632 to 1649.
He was appointed resident ambassador to France in 1989 and held that position until 1993.