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White House Refutes Media Reports of Pence Visit Postponement to Middle East

© AFP 2023 / THOMAS COEXPalestinian children look at vandalised graffiti depicting US President Donald Trump and slogans against US Vice President Mike Pence painted on Israel's controversial separation barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem during clashes with Palestinian protestors near an Israeli checkpoint on December 7, 2017
Palestinian children look at vandalised graffiti depicting US President Donald Trump and slogans against US Vice President Mike Pence painted on Israel's controversial separation barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem during clashes with Palestinian protestors near an Israeli checkpoint on December 7, 2017 - Sputnik International
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Media reports about a new delay of US Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Israel and Egypt are not true, the trip will take place later in January as scheduled, Pence's Deputy Chief of Staff Jarrod Agen said.

"As we've said, @VP Pence is traveling to Israel & Egypt later this month. Reports otherwise are wrong. There's a false story circulating of a delay. It's not true," Agen wrote on his Twitter page on Monday.

US Vice President Mike Pence delivers a speech next to Estonia's President Kersti Kaljulaid as they visit NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence mission and Estonian troops in Tallinn, Estonia July 31, 2017. - Sputnik International
White House Official Explains Reason Behind Delay of Pence's Mid East Visit
On Monday, the Times of Israel newspaper reported that Pence's visit to the Middle East had been indefinitely postponed. Citing a representative of  the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the newspaper said that Pence was not included in the list of foreign dignitaries, who would visit the country in January.

Pence is going to visit the Middle East in mid-January. The visit was initially scheduled for December 20 but postponed over the US Congress' voting on the tax reform.

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