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Blinken urges ‘all parties’ in the Middle East to stop ‘escalatory actions’
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a conversation on Advancing Security and Prosperity in the Indo-Pacific Region with Singapore's Ambassador-at-Large Chan Heng Chee at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Suhaimi Abdullah)
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urges “all parties” in the Middle East to stop “escalatory actions” and achieve a ceasefire in Gaza, after Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in a strike in Tehran that Iran blamed on Israel.
Speaking in the Mongolian capital, Blinken warns the Middle East is on a path “toward more conflict, more violence, more suffering, more insecurity, and it is crucial that we break this cycle.”
“That starts with a ceasefire that we’ve been working on,” Blinken tells reporters alongside his local counterpart.
“And to get there, it also first requires all parties to talk, to stop taking any escalatory actions. It requires them to find reasons to come to an agreement,” he says.
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