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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
New US secretary speaks to Israel’s top diplomat on Iran, peace
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleForeign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi speaks with the new US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the Foreign Ministry says, in the highest-level contacts yet between Jerusalem and the new American administration.
The two discussed “expanding the circle of peace, the Iranian threat and other issues,” the ministry says.
Ashkenazi congratulates Blinken on his new role and expresses confidence Jerusalem and Washington will “combat global terrorism” and the Iranian threat.
The two agreed to continue talks and meet when pandemic restrictions permit.
US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have yet to speak.
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