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Outgoing Israeli President Reuven Rivlin arrived in Washington on Monday, becoming the first Israeli official to meet with United States President Joe Biden since the latter’s election.
“I’m looking forward to highlighting the strength of the bilateral relationship between our two nations and working together to achieve security and stability in the region,” Biden tweeted an hour before the start of the meeting.
The two leaders’ sit-down followed a similar meeting held the day before in Rome between Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. A major topic of discussion reportedly was the Iran nuclear deal, which the Biden administration has said it plans to reenter.