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Updated June 29th, 2021 at 13:53 IST

Pelosi welcomes Israeli president to US Capitol

Shortly after President Joe Biden met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and sought to assure him that he would not tolerate a nuclear Iran, Rivlin was greeted at the U.S. Capitol by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who stressed bipartisan support for Israel's security among U.S. lawmakers.

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Shortly after President Joe Biden met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and sought to assure him that he would not tolerate a nuclear Iran, Rivlin was greeted at the U.S. Capitol by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who stressed bipartisan support for Israel's security among U.S. lawmakers.

Rivlin, who is making his final foreign trip of his presidency, arrived in the U.S. just weeks after Naftali Bennett became Israel’s new prime minister, replacing Benjamin Netanyahu.

He comes to the U.S. as the Biden administration has intensified efforts to revive Iran’s 2015 accord with world powers to limit Tehran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons.

Former President Donald Trump, with Netanyahu's backing, scrapped the accord in 2018.

Rivlin is set to leave office on July 7 after a seven-year term. Isaac Herzog,  a former parliament member who most recently headed a nonprofit that works closely with the government to promote immigration to Israel, will take over as Israeli president.

Rivlin's Washington visit comes one day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met in Rome with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, a centrist who along with Bennett and six other political allies built a fragile coalition government that put Netanyahu in the opposition.

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Published June 29th, 2021 at 13:53 IST

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