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Obama to Lead US Delegation to Funeral of Former Israeli President Peres
Obama to Lead US Delegation to Funeral of Former Israeli President Peres
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President Barack Obama will lead the US delegation to the funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday. 28.09.2016, Sputnik International
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Obama to Lead US Delegation to Funeral of Former Israeli President Peres
20:10 GMT 28.09.2016 (Updated: 11:16 GMT 06.08.2022) President Barack Obama will lead the US delegation to the funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The delegation will depart on Thursday and return to the United States on Friday.
"President Barack Obama will lead the US delegation to Jerusalem to participate in the funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres," the statement said.
28 September 2016, 19:32 GMT
Peres died on Wednesday at age 93 after suffering a stroke several weeks ago.
Peres served two terms each as Israel's prime minister and interim prime minister. He also was the country's ninth president, serving from 2007 to 2014.
Peres was one of the architects of the 1993 Oslo accord that helped sustain peace in the Middle East. In 1994, while serving as Israel's foreign minister, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for that effort, along with then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
