Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas briefly shook hands during a “family picture” of the nearly 150 world leaders gathered here for the climate change conference.

It was the leaders' first face to face exchange since 2010, said the Israeli Jerusalem Post newspaper .

Netanyahu is scheduled to address the conference Monday afternoon for three minutes, the time given to each of the leaders attending the parley.

According to Netanyahu's spokesman, in the first two hours after his arrival he spoke briefly with US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Prince Charles, whom he invited to visit Israel.

Sources: MENA