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Blinken arrives in Turkey on first leg of Middle East tour

By AFP 5 January 2024, 6:25 pm 1 Edit
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves before boarding an aircraft at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, to travel to the Middle East on January 4, 2024. (EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves before boarding an aircraft at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, to travel to the Middle East on January 4, 2024. (EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Turkey, kicking off his fourth tour of the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war broke out three months ago.

Blinken is expected to meet his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Saturday before flying to Greece later in the day.

He is slated to arrive in Israel on Monday.

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