Pence visits Jerusalem's Western Wall

JERUSALEM, Jan 23 (AFP): US Vice President Mike Pence visited Jerusalem's Western Wall, one of the holiest sites in Judaism, on Tuesday as he wrapped up a trip to the disputed city that Washington has declared Israel's capital.

Pence and his wife Karen visited the wall separately as required by the ultra-Orthodox Jewish authorities who govern the site under strict interpretation of religious law.

The vice president, wearing a black skullcap, inserted a piece of paper inside a crack in the ancient wall's stones in accordance with the tradition of leaving a prayer.

"It is my great honour to pray here at this sacred place. God bless the Jewish people and God bless the state of Israel always," he wrote in the guest book. "Very inspiring," Pence said after leaving.