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Blinken, Dermer meet in Washington, says State Department
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
File: (Left to right) Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Council chairman Tzachi Hanegbi at the State Department in Washington on March 7, 2023. (Antony Blinken/Twitter)
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer met earlier today with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel confirms during a press briefing.
Patel calls the meeting a “routine engagement,” and says they discussed US-Israel ties, Israeli-Palestinian tensions, Iran and the Abraham Accords but does not elaborate further. He says a formal readout will be issued soon but admits that it will likely contain no further actual details.
