United States: Joe Biden welcomes peace agreement between Israel and United Arab Emirates
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The normalization of relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel announced this Thursday by Donald Trump offers an important diplomatic victory for the American president, and this within three months of the elections. The White House did not fail to emphasize its role in this agreement. Even Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden hailed the news.
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" It's a historic agreement ," admitted Joe Biden. But in his press release, the Democratic candidate was careful not to mention the name of Donald Trump. The former vice-president attributes the normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to the efforts of several American governments, including that of Barack Obama. Donald Trump compares the event to the historic peace agreement between Egypt and Israel signed at Camp David after an American mediation.
“ This is very big news. The whole world is talking about it, the whole world, it's incredible: we have finalized a historic peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, said the US president. After half a century Israel and the United Arab Emirates will fully normalize their diplomatic relations. No one thought this could happen. This is the biggest breakthrough since the historic signing of peace between Israel and Egypt more than forty years ago ”.
Signature of the agreement within three weeks
According to the US president, the signing of the agreement will take place at the White House within the next three weeks.
Donald Trump assured that other Arab countries would follow the example of the United Arab Emirates. He even envisioned an imminent peace in the Middle East.
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