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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Egypt and Jordan on Wednesday during his visit to the Middle East in the wake of the cease-fire reached between Israel and Hamas.
Blinken, now in Cairo, is expected to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and other leading officials before a visit later today with Jordan’s King Abdullah II. Egypt played a critical role in helping to broker the cease-fire and Jordan has long been a voice for peace and stability in the region, he told reporters late Tuesday, according to The Associated Press.
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Egypt has longstanding relations with both sides in the conflict and played a key role in brokering the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, in coordination with the United States
Blinken arrives in Egypt on mission to shore up Gaza truce
Wednesday May 26 2021
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In Cairo, Blinken is to meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi before flying on to Jordan for talks with King Abdullah II.
Wednesday the United Sates was in the process of providing more than $360 million in assistance to the Palestinian people.
The latest military escalation started after clashes in Jerusalem s Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam s third holiest site, which is also revered by Jews as the Temple Mount.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Cairo Wednesday as he presses efforts to shore up an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza.