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Israel to host 'unprecedented' US-Russia security summit on Middle East
Officials from US, Russia and Israel will meet to 'discuss regional security issues', the White House said
The United States and Israel confirmed on Thursday that a US-Russia security summit on the Middle East will be held in Jerusalem next month.
“In June, United States National Security Adviser Ambassador John Bolton, Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, and Russian Secretary of the Security Council Nikolay Patrushev will meet in Jerusalem, Israel, to discuss regional security issues,” the White House said in a statement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also confirmed the summit shortly after parliament had voted to dissolve and set new elections for September 17.
"I proposed to Trump & Putin to form a U.S.-Russia-Israel trilateral committee that will meet in Jerusalem to discuss the security situation in the Middle East & both of them agreed. This is unprecedented" Netanyahu told reporters after the vote in parliament.
US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and assistant Jared Kushner and US envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt, meanwhile arrived in Israel on Thursday, signalling a fresh round of talks on a proposed US Mideast peace plan.
Earlier this month, Washington announced that an economic conference would be held in Bahrain in between June 25-26, bringing together government, civil society and business leaders.
"The 'Peace to Prosperity' workshop is a pivotal opportunity... to share ideas, discuss strategies and galvanize support for potential economic investments and initiatives that could be made possible by a peace agreement," a joint statement said when the conference was announced.