Israeli Consul General Ziv Nevo Kulman bids Montreal adieu [Video]

Ziv Nevo Kulman, Israel’s consul general for Quebec and the Atlantic provinces, will be leaving Montreal at the end of November, to head the cultural diplomacy bureau of the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Jerusalem.

Kulman, who arrived in September 2014, had expected to remain in his current post until next summer, but this change represents a promotion for the 48-year-old career diplomat who has previously been responsible for cultural affairs at postings in Tokyo and Paris.

Exposing Quebecers to Israeli filmmakers, dancers and writers has been a significant part of Kulman’s work here, as has strengthening political and economic ties between Canada and Israel. He thinks that significant progress has been made on both fronts.

Philippe Couillard was the first Quebec premier to lead business and institutional representatives on a trade mission to Israel this past May.

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