Al Jazeera’s diplomatic editor James Bays says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has had some “very difficult meetings” with leaders of five Arab countries.
“They do not agree with the US position. They are all calling for an immediate ceasefire,” Bays said.
While the US supports the idea of humanitarian pauses to get “sustained supplies of aid” into Gaza and foreign nationals out, it still has not managed to convince Israel to agree to this, he said.
“I think there is real difficulty here for the secretary of state. How is he going to balance his words … I think you’re going to see differences in open view,” Bays said, referring to an upcoming news conference scheduled for after the meetings.
Source: AlJazeera
