A top adviser to US President Donald Trump held further
talks on the Middle East conflict Wednesday, meeting Israeli President Reuven
Rivlin as he seeks to restart negotiations with the Palestinians.
Jason Greenblatt, Trump's special representative for
international negotiations, met with Rivlin after holding talks with
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu earlier in the week.
Rivlin's spokesman said the president, whose role is mainly
ceremonial, told Greenblatt the "building of confidence between Israelis
and Palestinians was a first and critically important step toward any possible
solution."
Greenblatt thanked Rivlin for his thoughts on how Israelis
and Palestinians could live side by side, a statement from the president's
office said.
He was expected to visit a Palestinian refugee camp and meet
religious leaders before leaving on Thursday.
Before the visit, US officials said he was seeking to lay
the groundwork for renewed peace negotiations between Israelis and
Palestinians.
A US consulate statement on the meeting with Abbas on
Tuesday evening said the two men reaffirmed their commitment to a "genuine
and lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians."
"President Abbas told Mr Greenblatt that he believes
that under President Trump's leadership a historic peace deal is
possible," the statement said, adding that Abbas committed to tackling
Palestinian incitement.
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