Obama Hails Abbas Attendance of Peres Funeral as ‘Gesture of Peace’

© AFP 2023 / ABIR SULTAN / POOLPalestinian president Mahmud Abbas (C) sits alongside European Council President Donald Tusk (L) and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery during the funeral of former Israeli president Shimon Peres on September 30, 2016
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (C) sits alongside European Council President Donald Tusk (L) and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery during the funeral of former Israeli president Shimon Peres on September 30, 2016 - Sputnik International
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US President Barack Obama said that the presence of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the funeral for Israeli ex-President Shimon Peres was "a gesture and a reminder of the unfinished business of peace."

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — US President Barack Obama welcomed on Friday the decision of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to attend the funeral for Israeli ex-President Shimon Peres as a gesture of peace.

In a eulogy, Obama said that the presence of Abbas, who defied warnings from the Palestinian movement Hamas not to go, was "a gesture and a reminder of the unfinished business of peace."

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Obama Picks US Delegation to Funeral of Former Israeli Leader Peres
A large number of foreign dignitaries have gathered in Jerusalem today to pay their respects to Peres, who died Wednesday at the age of 93 after suffering a stroke two weeks ago.

Mahmoud Abbas and Shimon Peres are recognized for playing a crucial role in the signing of Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty agreements called the Oslo Accords, in 1993.

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