President Peres to meet Obama in Washington next week

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President Shimon Peres will meet U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington next week, the president's office announced Tuesday.

The meeting will come during Peres's visit to the United States to take part in a summit held by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel lobby group, the president's office said in a statement.

Peres will be the first Israeli statesman to meet Obama since the inauguration last month of the right-leaning government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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