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Abbas says ready to work with Trump toward peace ‘according to the two-state solution’
US President Donald Trump, left, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas pose for a photograph during a joint press conference at the presidential palace in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on May 23, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has congratulated Donald Trump on his return as US president, according to a statement published by the PA’s official Wafa news agency.
“We are ready to work with you to achieve peace during your era, according to the two-state solution based on international legitimacy, the State of Palestine and the State of Israel living side by side in security and peace, and to achieve security and stability in our region and the world,” says the statement on Wafa’s English-language site.
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