Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would meet U.S. President Donald Trump later this month during a visit to New York, where he will address the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, Reuters reports.
“From Mexico I will go to New York to speak at the United Nations General Assembly and there I will meet my friend, President Donald Trump,” Netanyahu said.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is also set to address the U.N. General Assembly but possible meeting between him and Netanyahu hasn’t been discussed.
Netanyahu will be the first incumbent Israeli prime minister to visit South America and termed his visit as “historic.” The trip comes as Netanyahu is under investigation in two corruption cases.
One of those, known as Case 1000, involves gifts that the prime minister and his family may have received from businessmen, while Case 2000 deals with alleged efforts by him to secure better coverage from an Israeli newspaper publisher. Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing, Reuters writes.
The Israeli Prime Minister leads a relatively stable coalition government and presides over a buoyant economy. His conservative Likud party has rallied behind him in the absence of clear rivals for the leadership, rebuffing calls for his departure from the centre-left opposition.
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