World IN BRIEF : ISRAEL : Moscow, Jerusalem Exchange Consuls
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Alexei F. Chistyakov, Moscow’s first consul in Israel since 1967, presented his credentials in Jerusalem, underscoring growing warmth between the Jewish state and the Soviet Union at a time when Soviet Jews are emigrating to Israel in record numbers. In Moscow, Arieh Levine presented his credentials to become Israel’s consul to the Soviet Union.
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