Israeli foreign minister to meet governor, address lawmakers

(REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)

Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, shown above in January, is marking the rounds today on Beacon Hill.

By Globe Staff

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will meet today with Governor Deval Patrick and House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi before giving an address at the State House.

The meeting with the governor will be brief, and the two leaders may discuss international trade opportunities, according to Patrick’s staff.

After her conversation with Patrick, Livni will address the House chamber and then plans to join other state officials at a reception in the Senate reading room.

Livni, a member of the centrist Kadima party, is on a visit to the United States. She spoke this week to Senator Barack Obama and told the Democratic presidential candidate that there was a direct link between Iran and Middle East terror, according to the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz.

This evening, Livni will give a speech at at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

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