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PA resumes contacts with US administration
Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his office near a poster of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on 17 August 2020. [NASSER NASSER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images] February 2, 2021 at 10:31 am
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh announced on Monday the resumption of contacts with Washington,
Al-Quds Al-Araby has reported. He made the announcement during his weekly cabinet meeting.
Shtayyeh said that he had spoken with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs, Hadi Amro. We discussed ways to resume Palestinian-American relations, including the opening of diplomatic and consular offices, as well as resuming US aid, supporting UNRWA and pushing forward the peace process.
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The Bureau of Near East Affairs at the State Department announced three appointments on Thursday, with Hady Amr and Dan Benaim named as
deputy assistant secretaries for Palestine and Israel, and the Gulf Region, respectively.
The bureau announced the appointments in a tweet two days after Antony Blinken was confirmed as secretary of Ssate.
Also announced was Asha Castleberry-Hernandez s appointment as senior adviser to the assistant secretary on Near Eastern Affairs.
“Their regional and policy expertise will play an important role in advancing America’s mission in the Middle East, the State Department tweeted.
The Bureau welcomes newly appointed Deputy Assistant Secretaries Hady Amr and Dan Benaim, as well as Senior Advisor Asha Castleberry-Hernandez to our team. Their regional and policy expertise will play an important role in advancing America’s mission in the Middle East. U.S. State Dept - Near Eastern Affairs (@StateDept NEA)