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Wednesday, May 19, 2021
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021
German FM heading to Israel, Palestinian territories for talks
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGerman Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories for talks tomorrow on the escalating conflict in the Middle East, a ministry spokeswoman says.
“The political talks will focus on the current escalation in the Middle East and the international efforts to end the violence,” the spokeswoman says.
Maas will meet Israel’s foreign and defense ministers as well as President Reuven Rivlin. He will also travel to the city of Ramallah to hold talks with the Palestinian premier.
The visit would be the first by a senior European official to Jerusalem over the latest escalation of violence in the Middle East.
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