Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says his US counterpart Donald Trump has assured him of his commitment to Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.
Abbas on Sunday spoke about what he described as a constructive phone call with Trump two days earlier.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA quoted Abbas as saying that Trump “asserted his full commitment to the peace process.”
Abbas says he told Trump he opposes extremism and will cooperate with the U.S. to reach a peace deal based on the establishment of a Palestinian state next to Israel.
Read the article in The Australian (AP).