Barack Obama pledges support for Palestinian statehood
Barack Obama has reassured Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president,
of Washington's support for Palestinian statehood during his first
visit to the White House.
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Following their Oval Office talks, Mr Obama said he was" confident" of moving the Middle East peace process forward and said freezing the expansion of settlements was now a public priority for the US.
Mr Obama said that"time is of the essence" in securing Arab Israeli peace and that it is"in US interests to do so quickly".