Obama said ‘disappointed’ by lack of diplomatic progress under PM

22 September 2016, 2:05 pm

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US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro says President Barack Obama was “disappointed” in the lack of progress towards a two-state solution under the Israeli leader.

Speaking from the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Shapiro tells Army Radio that while Obama still believes there is a chance for positive developments in his final three months in office, he has accepted that he will not achieve the significant progress he had originally hoped for.

“Obama aspired to help Israel achieve its goal of two states for two peoples. There is disappointment over what was not achieved but at the same time there is still a will and an obligation to move forward, however possible, in the right direction,” Shapiro says.