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Blinken arrives in Cairo, first leg of his Middle Eastern tour

US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken arrived in Egypt on Sunday for a whirlwind tour amid rising Israeli-Palestinian violence, with the slim hope of using US influence to try to ease tensions.

During his stopover in Cairo, before Jerusalem and Ramallah on Monday and Tuesday, Mr. Blinken will meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi as well as his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Choukri. Egypt being a historical intermediary between Palestinians and Israelis, the situation in the Occupied Territories will be on the menu of the discussions.

The head of the American diplomacy Antony Blinken arrived in Egypt on Sunday for a whirlwind tour amid the outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence, with the slim hope of using the influence of the United States to try to calm tensions. From his stopover in Cairo, before Jerusalem and Ramallah on Monday and Tuesday, Mr. Blinken will meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah…

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