U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman arrive to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem on October 18, 2019, for a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. At the end of the meeting, the two officials delivered brief statements to the press.
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Secretary Pompeo, welcome once again to Jerusalem. Mike, we’ve had important discussions about strengthening our alliance the region, the various challenges that we faced together. And I want to thank you and the president for your consistent support for Israel. The Middle East is a sea of troubles and turbulence. But if there’s one thing that stands out it’s the your ability, stability and strength of the American Israel alliance. We talked about making it even stronger. And I wanna thank you for the consistent support. Thank you and welcome once again.
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Thanks I just had this it’s always a joy to be with you, Mr. Prime Minister. It’s great to be back here in Israel. The remarkable close relationship procuring our two countries is as strong as it has ever been. President Trump of course said to send his regards to you as well. We had a chance to talk this morning about all the challenges that the world faces and that Israel and the United States face head on together. As important beacon of hope and democracy here in the Middle East. American people value this relationship we talked about all the efforts we’ve made to push back against the threat not only to Israel but to the region the world from the Islamic Republic of Iran. And we shared our ideas about how we can ensure Middle East stability together. And how we would further our efforts to jointly combat all the challenges that the world confronts here in the Middle East and we appreciate all that you and your country does to assist America in keeping its people safe as well.
Well thank you and Mike is a since you’re visiting here is the holiday of Sukkot we sit in the Sukkah which is it’s called the Feast of Tabernacles and we always remember what it was like when we didn’t have a permanent home so let me show you a Sukkah.
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And then we’ll let you continue on your way.