Israeli-Palestinian conflict ‘core’ regional issue, Abdullah tells Trump
US President Donald Trump is “working very hard” to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he told King Abdullah II of Jordan at the White House on Wednesday, amid a flurry of diplomatic activity on the matter coordinated by the Trump administration.
“I think we’ll be successful— I hope we’ll be successful, I’ll tell you that,” Trump told the press, after topping their meetings with a discussion on the conflict.
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Trump: My attitude toward Syria and Assad has changedAbdullah, who is in Washington for several days, praised Trump for engaging the parties so early in his presidency. He characterized the Israeli-Palestinian struggle as “essentially the core conflict” in the region.
The two leaders held a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in between their meetings, attended by Queen Rania and First Lady Melania Trump.