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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.

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".

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)