Brussels, 11/12/2013 (Agence Europe) - European Commissioner for Transport Siim Kallas will be in Israel on 11 and 12 December to provide impetus to implementing the aviation agreement concluded between the EU and the country earlier this year. He will inaugurate a joint committee with the Israeli minister for transport, Israel Katz, to this effect. Kallas said that he is delighted that the agreement is already beginning to have a positive impact on the market, to the benefit of consumers. He will also discuss aviation security, safety and traffic control issues with the minister. The commissioner's visit also coincides with the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between the Israeli civil aviation authority and the Blue-Med Functional Airspace Block, which brings together Italy, Cyprus, Greece and Malta in the Single European Sky. Israel could thus become apotential member. (MD/transl.fl)