国际英语资讯:Trump says hes committed to helping solve Israeli-Palestinian conflict_时事

国际英语资讯:Trump says hes committed to helping solve Israeli-Palestinian conflict

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was committed to helping solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

However, Trump did not mention his support for a two-state solution, a longstanding U.S. stance on the issue.

"I'm committed to working with Israel and the Palestinians to reach an agreement," said Trump with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas here at a joint press conference.

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"But any agreement cannot be imposed by the United States or by any other nation. The Palestinians and Israelis must work together to reach an agreement that allows both people to live, worship, and thrive and prosper in peace," said Trump.

Standing beside Trump, Abbas later told reporters that the strategic choice to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was "to bring about peace based on the vision of the two state."

"If we create peace that is just and comprehensive, that will also lead the Arab and Islamic countries to have normal relations with Israel based as stipulated in the previous Arab summits," said Abbas.

In a major departure from the longtime U.S. policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Trump said in February that he was open to either a one-state or two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"I'm looking at two-state, one-state, and I like the one that both parties like. ... I can live with either one," Trump said then at a joint press conference with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.