• Blinken will also visit Arab states, Israel and the occupied West Bank

Arab News

RIYADH: Jordan said on Sunday that a meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterpart took place in the capital Amman.

During his meeting with Blinken, Ayman Safadi, deputy prime minister, minister of foreign affairs and expatriates, discussed the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip and the need for an immediate halt to the aggression to ensure the protection of civilians.

Safadi also stressed the need to remove obstacles placed by Israel to block the access of adequate and sustained humanitarian and medical aid to all areas of Gaza.

He reaffirmed Jordan’s position in rejecting the displacement of Palestinians inside or outside their land, condemning it as a war crime and a dangerous escalation of the conflict.

Blinken, who will also visit other Arab states, Israel and the occupied West Bank, said on Sunday after meeting Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that if efforts to settle the crisis failed the outcome would be “an endless cycle of violence … and lives of insecurity and conflict for people in the region.”


He also said that he would be looking at what could be done to maximize the protection of civilians in Gaza and increase deliveries of humanitarian assistance.