US and EU launch twin diplomatic mission to calm tensions in Middle East
by Jason Burke in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6HMVC)
Escalation of violence comes as US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and Europe's Josep Borrell begin tours of the region
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The most senior diplomats from the US and the EU launched a dual diplomatic offensive in the Middle East on Saturday aimed at calming tensions that threaten chaos and wider conflict across the region.
Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, began a five-day tour of the region with meetings in Turkey and the EU's most senior diplomat Josep Borrell, visited the Lebanese capital Beirut.
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