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Arab international ministers will name for “quick ceasefire” in Gaza right through assembly with Blinken, Jordan says

From The Gentleman Report’s Caroline Faraj in Dubai and Zeena Saifi in Jerusalem

Arab international ministers are set to “name for an instantaneous ceasefire” in Gaza right through a summit in Amman on Saturday, Jordan’s Overseas Ministry mentioned in a put up on social media.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is assembly with a number of Arab international ministers right through the summit to speak about the location in Gaza.

Right through the assembly, the ministers will “confirm the Arab place, which is looking for an instantaneous ceasefire and the quick and pressing supply of humanitarian support to the Gaza Strip,” the Jordanian ministry mentioned.
“The entire tactics to finish this unhealthy deterioration that threatens the safety of all the area” will likely be mentioned on the assembly, the ministry mentioned.

Blinken additionally met one at a time with Jordan’s Minister of State for Overseas Affairs, Ayman Safadi, in Amman forward of the joint assembly.

Some context: Overseas ministers from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Qatar, in addition to the Secretary of the Government Committee of the Palestine Liberation Group, had been set to fulfill with Blinken, in line with a remark from Jordan’s international ministry.

On Saturday morning, Blinken met with Lebanese caretaker High Minister Najib Mikati to speak about weeks-long tensions between Iran-backed Lebanese paramilitary crew Hezbollah and Israel at the Israeli-Lebanese border, in line with US State Division spokesperson Matthew Miller.