Blinken’s visit to Iraq.. No specific time of arrival
Blinken’s visit to Iraq.. No specific time of arrival
2023-11-05 04:50
Shafaq News/ An official source in the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the US Secretary of State will arrive in the capital, Baghdad, today, Sunday.
The source told Shafaq News Agency that there is no specific time for the arrival of US State Department Anthony Blinken to Baghdad, but he will arrive this evening.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived earlier today in Ramallah to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, to discuss the war between Israel and Hamas.
Yesterday, the security official for the Hezbollah Brigades, Abu Ali Al-Askari, threatened that the visit of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to Iraq “will be met with an unprecedented escalation,” and indicated that the Brigades would close the American embassy in a “private, non-peaceful” way.
Al-Askari explained on the “X” platform, “The visit of Anthony Blinken, the son of a Jew, America’s Secretary of State, and even the Zionist Minister of War, is not welcome in the Iraq of Ali and Hussein (peace be upon them), and if he comes, we will meet him with an unprecedented escalation.”
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is scheduled to arrive in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Sunday.
The New York Times reported that the United States found itself in a difficult position because of its support for Israel at a time when the world is shocked by the killing of civilians in the Gaza Strip.
The newspaper said that the trip of US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, to the Middle East highlighted “the difficult situation in which the United States finds itself caught between international anger over the killing of Palestinians and steadfast support for Israel,” as the number of countries calls on Washington to pressure Israel to declare a cessation of terrorism. Unconditional firing.
On Saturday, Blinken visited Jordan and held discussions with the foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Jordan, in addition to the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Hussein Al-Sheikh.
The US State Department announced earlier today, Saturday, that Blinken will visit Turkey on Sunday and Monday as part of a tour of the Middle East.
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