Pompeo meets incoming defense minister Gantz and incoming FM Ashkenazi

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has finished meeting with Blue and White chairman and incoming defense minister Benny Gantz and incoming foreign minister Gabi Ashkenazi.

The sides “discussed regional developments, particularly Iran’s recent strides toward advancing its nuclear project and entrenching itself in Syria and Lebanon,” a Blue and White statement reads.

They also discussed the Trump peace plan “and looked at the different avenues for bringing about its realization.”

“They talked about the international effort to battle coronavirus and discussed the life-saving efforts to produce a vaccine within the shortest possible timeframe.”

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) meets with Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz in Jerusalem on May 13, 2020. (US Embassy)

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