Taoiseach meets Joe Biden who briefed him on ‘substantial’ call with Benjamin Netanyahu [Video]

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TAOISEACH SIMON HARRIS has said US President Joe Biden briefed him on his “lengthy” phone conversation with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday.

Speaking after his meeting with Biden in the White House yesterday evening, Harris said he left the Oval Office with a clear view that the conversation between the two leaders was a very important one.

The phone call between Netanyahu and Biden is their first in seven weeks.

Harris is in Washington DC to meet with the president to mark 100 years of Irish-US diplomatic relations.

Biden began the meeting by apologising to the Taoiseach that a reception in the White House’s Rose Garden had to be postponed, stating that due to the escalation of the hurricane off the coast of Florida.

“I’m sorry, we had hoped to have a big celebration for the hundredth anniversary,” Biden told Harris.