UN General Assembly
1962

177. It is in this spirit that Israel expresses its most cordial welcome to our new Members — Burundi, Rwanda, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and now Algeria — and wishes them well. Many representatives have expressed from this rostrum their welcome to Algeria. In a statement in the Israel Parliament on 24 June 1962, I said: "As we participate in the joy of the nations now reaching their national and spiritual independence, we cannot but touch upon the agreement reached at the beginning of the year between representatives of France and Algeria. When the Evian Agreements were signed, the Prime Minister of Israel sent his congratulations to the President of France, who through his steadfastness and understanding, became the chief architect of this great achievement. Our feeling of appreciation for both sides who conducted the negotiations found their expression in various documents and declarations of the Government of Israel… I can only say … that We shall be glad to establish with independent Algeria the same beneficial relationship as exists between us and other new States."