A meeting between Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé had to be rescheduled after an altercation between their bodyguards, according to the Times of Israel.
The news site says the scuffle, including “shoving and punching”, happened when Israeli security personnel refused to allow the Togolese security guards to enter a meeting between the two leaders in LIberia’s capital, Monrovia, on Saturday.
Mr Gnassingbé and Mr Netanyahu were attending a submit of the West African regiona bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas).
Mr Netanyahu hailed his presence at the summit as historic.
The Jerusalem Post quoted Mr Netanyahu as saying
“This is the first time they [Ecowas] have invited the leader of a country outside of Africa to address them.
I really appreciate it.
Israel has returned to Africa and in a big way,” Mr Netanyahu was quoted by The Jerusalem Post as saying.
