Following a number of postponements, a liaison meeting between delegations from the Israel Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Diamond Trading Company (DTC) took place in London on March 11.
The team from the Ministry of Industry and Trade was headed by Udi Sheintal, the Diamond Controller and the director of the ministry's Diamonds, Precious Stones and Jewelry Administration, and included his deputy, Arie Lev-Rodrig. Anthony Oppenheimer, the outgoing president of the DTC, headed the De Beers delegation.
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