MP Robert Jenrick represents the UK Government in President Trump's Israel-Palestine peace initiative
NEWARK AND BINGHAM MP Robert Jenrick has this week been representing the Government at the Israel-Palestine peace initiative, led by US President Donald Trump’s senior advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Mr Jenrick, a UK Treasury Minister, is participating in this first phase of the peace plan, which focuses on economic development in Palestine and the wider region.
He joined Mr Kushner, former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has worked as a Middle East envoy, and a range of Middle Eastern and European leaders at the talks in Manana, Bahrain.
Mr Kushner, has set out an economic plan he said offers the Palestinians a "more prosperous future" if they agree a peace deal with Israel.
He described the proposals, which envisage $50bn (£39bn) being invested in the region over 10 years, as "the opportunity of the century."
However, Palestinian leaders have rejected the plan and are boycotting the event.
Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, has insisted that, before anything else, there has to be a political agreement.
Mr Trump is not expected to release the political part of his peace plan until possibly November, once Israel holds a general election.