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Sunday, April 30, 2017
Abbas in Jordan to coordinate position ahead of Trump meet
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePalestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Jordan’s King Abdullah II to coordinate positions on the peace process ahead of his first meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington next week.
The meeting comes less than 24 hours after Abbas held similar talks with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo.
According to the Ynet news website, the leaders during the meeting agree that a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the “only solution.”
Abbas will visit the White House on May 3 for a series of high-level meetings with the president and other senior administration officials in an effort to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
His Majesty King Abdullah II receives Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas #Jordan pic.twitter.com/gWx2wknagD
— Omar Sukhon (@sukhonomar) April 30, 2017
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