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JERUSALEM, July 29 (UPI) -- Israel announced the full restoration of diplomatic ties with Austria Tuesday and will return its ambassador to Vienna.
The announcement came during the visit of Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the first high-level official visit in the three years since Israel reduced contacts with Austria to low-level officials.
Israel recalled its ambassador from Vienna in February 2000 when the ultra right-wing Freedom Party of Joerg Haider joined the coalition government. Government sources recently said the protest against Vienna had been "eroded" with time, Ha'aretz reported.
In January 2001, Austria and the United States reached an agreement on an initial arrangement for $1 billion in reparations for Holocaust survivors, including payments to victims' families, payments to slave laborers and the return of property. Austria has agreed to take more steps in this direction.
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