Blinken lands in Cairo for start of Mideast visit

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he boards his plane in Santiago on October 5, 2022. - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Chile on Tuesday as part of a Latin American tour, which also includes Peru, where he will attend the general assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS). (Photo by Esteban Felix / POOL / AFP) AFP

Blinken will meet the president and top diplomat in Egypt -- which has historically played a mediating role in the Middle East conflict -- before setting off to Jerusalem and Ramallah on Monday and Tuesday

Staff Writer, Agence France-Presse (AFP)

January 29, 2023

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he boards his plane in Santiago on October 5, 2022. - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Chile on Tuesday as part of a Latin American tour, which also includes Peru, where he will attend the general assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS). (Photo by Esteban Felix / POOL / AFP) AFP

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Egypt Sunday on the first stop of his Middle East visit, where he is expected to address a surge in deadly Israeli-Palestinian violence.

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