(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) US National Security Adviser Susan Rice will visit Israel in May as head of a US delegation consulting on a range of issues involving the two countries, the White House announced today. "Coming out of the very productive consultations between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Obama during their bilateral meeting this week, President Obama has asked National Security Advisor Susan Rice to travel to Israel in May to lead the US delegation to the US-Israel Consultative Group," National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said in a statement. Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday for discussions on a pair of sensitive diplomatic issues that have stoked tensions between them. It will be Rice's first visit to Israel as national security advise
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