Trump Told Abbas He Intends To Move Embassy To Jerusalem: Abbas Spokesman
Donald Trump and Mahmoud Abbas at the White House, May 3, 2017 Image by Getty Images
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump informed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that he intends to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, Abbas’s spokesman said.
“President Mahmoud Abbas received a telephone call from U.S. President Donald Trump in which he notified the President (Abbas) of his intention to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,” spokesman Nabil Abu Rdainah said in a statement.
The statement did not say whether Trump elaborated on the timing of such a move.
“President Abbas warned of the dangerous consequences such a decision would have to the peace process and to the peace, security and stability of the region and of the world,” Abu Rdainah said.
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