President Mike Pence

Pence Middle East trip to go ahead

WASHINGTON - Muslimchronicle

US Vice President Mike Pence will visit Egypt and Israel next week, despite controversy and meeting cancelations as a result of the administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Aides said Pence is to travel to Cairo and Jerusalem from Tuesday. The vice president had been scheduled to leave Saturday for Israel. White House officials said Pence now plans toRead more

Pence Middle East trip to go ahead despite cancellations

Washington - Muslimchronicle

US Vice President Mike Pence will visit Egypt and Israel next week, despite controversy and meeting cancellations as a result of the administration's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Aides said Pence is to travel to Cairo and Jerusalem from Tuesday, amid demonstrations and diplomatic tensions over the dramatic shift in US policy. President Donald Trump's administration invited almost universalRead more

Palestinians 'walking away' from talks with Pence snub: US

Jerusalem - Muslimchronicle

The United States accused the Palestinian Authority Sunday of "walking away" from a chance to discuss peace in the Middle East by snubbing Vice President Mike Pence on an upcoming visit. "It's unfortunate that the Palestinian Authority is walking away again from an opportunity to discuss the future of the region," Jarrod Agen, Pence's deputy chief of staff, said inRead more

Palestinian president will not meet visiting US VP

AMMAN - Muslimchronicle

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not meet US Vice President Mike Pence as originally scheduled in Bethlehem on Dec. 19, Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki said. Majdi Khalidi, a senior adviser to Abbas, told Arab News: “The circumstances on the ground created by the US decision (to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital) make it impossible to hold the meeting.” There areRead more

Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar Mosque Refuses to Meet US Vice President Mike Pence

Rabat - Muslimchronicle

The Al-Azhar Mosque’s Grand Imam, Ahmed Al-Tayeb, has cancelled a meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence after President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, said Egypt’s highest Sunni institution. In a statement on December 8, Al-Tayeb said he had reversed his initial decision to meet Pence, who is set to visit Israel, the West Bank, and Egypt inRead more

Egypt's Coptic Pope rejects Pence meeting over Jerusalem: statement

Cairo - Muslimchronicle

Egypt's Coptic Church head Pope Tawadros II cancelled a meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence in Cairo later this month in protest at Washington's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the church said Saturday. US President Donald Trump's decision "did not take into account the feelings of millions of Arab people," the church said in a statement, addingRead more

Palestinian president will not meet Pence: adviser

Ramallah - Muslimchronicle

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will not hold a planned meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence following Washington's controversial policy shift on Jerusalem, an Abbas aide said on Saturday. "There will be no meeting with the vice president of America in Palestine," diplomatic adviser Majdi al-Khaldi told AFP. "The United States has crossed all the red lines with the JerusalemRead more

Cancelling Pence-Abbas meeting would be 'counterproductive': WH aide

Washington - Muslimchronicle

The White House warned Thursday that canceling a planned meeting between Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Vice President Mike Pence in the wake of the US policy shift on Jerusalem would be "counterproductive." Amid suggestions that Abbas may withdraw from a planned meeting later this month, a White House aide said Pence "still plans to meet with Abbas as scheduled"Read more

Toyota to add 400 US jobs after Trump slams Mexico plan

Tokyo - AFP

Toyota said it will invest $600 million and create 400 jobs at one of its US plants - just weeks after Donald Trump criticised the Japanese auto giant for planning to open a factory in Mexico. The US president has pressured automakers, both American and foreign, into boosting production and hiring in the United States, threatening them with punitive tariffsRead more