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Biden agrees with Varadkar’s call for Gaza ceasefire ‘as soon as possible’

Source: PA Wire

Joe Biden has agreed with Leo Varadkar’s calls for a ceasefire in Gaza “as soon as possible”, and that a two-state solution is the only way to achieve lasting peace.

The US president said “we both know there’s a lot more that has to be done” in relation to the Middle East conflict, as he met the Irish premier at the White House on Friday.

Mr Varadkar also called on the US to push for peace in the Middle East, as had been done in , in a

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