Political summit in Israel: Lapid will host US foreign ministers, Emirates, Morocco and Bahrain
According to a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, next week a joint policy meeting will be held in Israel by the Secretary of State of the United States Anthony Blinken and the Foreign Ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Bahrain.
The summits will be held on Sunday and Monday next week, at the invitation of Foreign Minister Yair Lapid
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25/03/2022
Friday, 25 March 2022, 13:47 Updated: 14:01
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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Bahrain will arrive in Israel next week for a round of joint policy meetings, the Foreign Ministry said today (Friday).
The summits will be held on Sunday and Monday next week in Israel, at the invitation of Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.
A week ago, they told Walla!
Five Israeli, American and Palestinian sources say that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken plans to visit Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the next two weeks.
This will be Blinken's first visit to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates since taking office.
The visit is expected to take place during a period of great tension between the Biden administration and the two United States allies in the Gulf.
This tension has intensified against the background of the Biden administration's desire for Saudi and emirate support regarding the crisis in Ukraine and especially with regard to increasing oil production.
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Trilateral meeting of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, United States Secretary of State Abdullah Ben-Ziad, and Secretary of State Yair Lapir in Washington, October 13, 2021 (Photo: Government Press Office, Shlomi Amsalem)
Two weeks ago, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with King Abdullah of Jordan.
The meeting, which took place in the state capital, Amman, took place ahead of the month of Ramadan and following concerns about growing tensions in Jerusalem.
This is Lapid's second meeting with the King of Jordan.
"We agreed that we should work together to calm the tension and promote understanding, especially in the run-up to Ramadan and Passover," Lapid said at the end of the meeting. The peoples. "
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