Blinken says two-state solution only way forward in Mideast
By AFP
26 May 2021 |
11:13 am
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that Washington backs a two-state solution to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians if the right conditions are met, during a press conference in Jerusalem.
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