US Secretary of state Antony Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gestures while he deboards an airplane as he visits Saudi Arabia in the latest Gaza diplomacy push, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 29, 2024. REUTERS

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken travels to Saudi Arabia

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken deboards an airplane as he visits Saudi Arabia in the latest Gaza diplomacy push, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 29, 2024. REUTERS

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken travels to Saudi Arabia

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks towards a motorcade on his arrival, as he visits Saudi Arabia in the latest Gaza diplomacy push, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 29, 2024. REUTERS

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken departs Joint Base Andrews for Saudi Arabia

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gestures as he departs Joint Base Andrews for Saudi Arabia in the latest Gaza diplomacy push, in Maryland, U.S., April 28, 2024. REUTERS

RIYADH, April 29 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday, the first stop in a broader trip to the Middle East, aimed at discussing with Arab partners post-war Gaza and to press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take the concrete and tangible steps U.S. President Joe Biden demanded this month to improve the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
In Riyadh, Blinken is expected to meet with senior Saudi leaders and hold a wider meeting with counterparts from five Arab states – Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan – to further the discussions on what governance of the Gaza Strip would look like after the war, according to a senior State Department official.

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Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk; Editing by Himani Sarkar

 

 

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