President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone conversation Friday and agreed to sit down in the United States “in the near future,” Netanyahu’s office said.
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“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke a short time ago with US President Donald Trump and offered his congratulations ahead of the United States of America’s 250th Independence Day,” a statement from the Israeli leader’s office said.
During the call, Netanyahu said the US serves as a protector of freedom around the world and stressed that Israel deeply values the strong relationship between the two countries, the statement added.
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The cordial-sounding exchange followed weeks of mounting friction between the two leaders, as Trump pressed for a diplomatic path with Iran and urged Israel not to launch attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The White House did not immediately publish a readout of the call and did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
