Pence Tells Egypt’s Sisi That US Would Back Two-State Solution

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Vice President Mike Pence told Egypt’s leader on Saturday the United States would support a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians if the two sides agreed to it, seeking to reassure a key Arab ally over President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Yerushalayim as Israel’s capital.

Pence was in Egypt on the first leg of a three-country tour that includes stops in Jordan and Israel.

“We heard President el-Sisi out,” Pence told reporters after their meeting, saying the Egyptian leader described his objection to Trump’s decision as a “disagreement between friends.”

Pence said he assured Sisi that the United States was committed to preserving the status quo of holy sites in Jerusalem and had come to no final resolution on boundaries for the two parties.

“My perception was that he was encouraged by that message,” Pence said.

 by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff

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