Blinken meets with Arab officials, calls for ‘enduring end’ to Gaza crisis
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US secretary of state holds talks with Egyptian president and crown prince of Saudi Arabia in latest Middle East tour.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and reiterated the call for a truce in the war on Gaza and support for the two-state solution, the US Department of State has said.
The meetings over the past two days are part of Blinken’s sixth trip to the Middle East since the war broke out.
In his talks with the Saudi crown prince in Jeddah, Blinken “underscored the importance of urgently addressing humanitarian needs” in Gaza, the State Department said in a statement.
“Secretary Blinken reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to achieve an enduring end to the crisis in Gaza and to the establishment of a future Palestinian state with security guarantees for Israel,” it added.
Blinken travelled to Cairo, where he met top Egyptian officials, including el-Sisi.
