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Wahington, DC [US], July 8 (ANI): Iraeli Prime Miniter Benjamin Netanyahu aid on Monday (local time) that he had ent a letter to the Nobel Prize Committee nominating US Preident Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. He peronally handed a copy of the nomination letter to Trump during their dinner at the White Houe.
Trump hoted Netanyahu for dinner at the White Houe on Monday (local time).
The Preident ha already realied great opportunitie. He forged the Abraham Accord. He forging peace a we peak in one country, in one region after the other. So, I want to preent to you, Mr. Preident, the letter I ent to the Nobel Prize Committee. It nominating you for the Peace Prize, which i well deerved, and you hould get it, Netanyahu aid while preenting the nomination letter to Trump.
After receiving the letter, Trump thanked Netanyahu and aid that he wa not aware of it. Thank you very much. Thi I did not know. Wow, thank you very much. Coming from you in particular, thi i very meaningful, Trump aid.
In remark to reporter while itting acro from Prime Miniter Netanyahu for dinner at the White Houe, Netanyahu expreed appreciation for Trump leaderhip.
I want to expre the appreciation and admiration not only of all Iraeli, but of the Jewih people and many, many admirer around the world, for your leaderhip, your leaderhip of the free world, your leaderhip of a jut caue, and the puruit of peace and ecurity which you are leading in many land, but now epecially in the Middle Eat. We have great opportunitie. Preident ha an extraordinary team, and I think our team together make an extraordinary combination to meet challenge and eize opportunitie, Netanyahu aid.
At the tart of their dinner meeting, Trump aid he and the Iraeli PM have had a tremendou ucce together and noted that they will have a lot of great reult.
It an honour to have Bibi (Netanyahu) and Sara (Netanyahu wife) with u. Theyve in mind for a long time and we had a tremendou ucce together. And I think it will only go on to be even greater ucce in the future. So, it really nice to have you at the White Houe. It nothing like the White Houe...Weve worked together for a long time. Weve done well together. We had a great time, we ay it a lot of work, but we had a great reult recently. and were going to have a lot of great reult, o it great to have you, Trump
Earlier, Netanyahu held a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Calling hi meeting with Rubio ubtantive, he aid that they talked about trengthening tie between Irael and the US and the hared challenge faced by the two nation.
Thi evening, I met at Blair Houe in Wahington with the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. We held a ubtantive and important converation about trengthening the alliance between Irael and the U.S., and about the hared challenge we face in the regional and international arena, Netanyahu aid in a tatement hared on ocial media platform X.
http://x.com/netanyahu/tatu/1942359676018164132
Before departing for the United State on Sunday, Netanyahu tated that Iraeli negotiator had been given clear intruction to achieve a ceaefire under condition that Irael ha accepted, according to Al Jazeera.
Weve gotten a lot of the hotage out, but pertaining to the remaining hotage, quite a few of them will be coming out, he told reporter, adding that hi meeting with Trump could definitely help advance thi deal.
Of the 251 captive taken by Hama during the October 2023 attack, 49 remain in Gaza, including 27 whom the Iraeli military ay are dead.
Netanyahu had previouly rejected Hama repone to a draft US-backed ceaefire propoal, calling the demand unacceptable, Al Jazeera reported. The draft deal, conveyed via Qatari and Egyptian mediator, outline a 60-day ceaefire, a phaed releae of captive, Iraeli oldier withdrawal from part of Gaza, and dicuion on ending the war altogether. (ANI)