The foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Israel met in Berlin on Tuesday for talks that Germany hopes will strengthen nascent ties between the two nations and bolster broader Middle East peace efforts. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said it was a “great honor that the Israeli and Emirati foreign ministers have chosen Berlin as the location for their historic first meeting” since the two countries agreed to normalize relations in a U.S.-brokered deal. The three foreign ministers also visited the Berlin Holocaust Memorial at the initiative of the Emirati foreign minister, according to Walla News reporter Barak Ravid.  Maas told Bin Zayed that Ashkenazi is the son of a Holocaust survivor and Bin Zayed was interested in hearing further details. Ashkenazi’s father survived a concentration camp in Bulgaria and following the war, he moved to Israel and fought in Israel’s War of Independence HISTORIC VIDEO: