Blinken leaves Middle East with no progress on hostages or humanitarian pause
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6G5JQ)
Even number of aid trucks passing in to Gaza falls during visit of US secretary of state to region
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has ended his tour of the Middle East admitting that his efforts to secure a sustained humanitarian pause and greater constraint in Israel's assault on Gaza was still a work in progress".
His comments on Monday followed a meeting with Hakan Fidan, the Turkish foreign minister, in Ankara. He will now head to a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Japan where he will brief colleagues on the US approach to the crisis, and its impact on western standing.
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