Biden: Blinken’s trip to the Middle East was to discuss the release of other hostages
| The President of the United States says that the foreign minister's trip to West Asia last week was for consultation to find a way to release other prisoners in Gaza. |
According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, US President Joe Biden said that Washington reached a 7-day ceasefire agreement (in December) with the cooperation of Qatar, Egypt and Israel, which led to the release of 105 prisoners from It fell into the hands of Hamas.
The US President, referring to his foreign minister’s trip to the West Asian region last week, said: Blinken had gone to the region to find a way to release the detainees.
Last Monday, Blinken traveled to the region for the fifth time since the beginning of the Gaza war, and in addition to meeting with the officials of the Zionist regime, he met and consulted with Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority, the President of Egypt, and the King of Jordan. did
By criticizing Hamas for not renewing the previous ceasefire agreement, Biden said: It is unfortunate that Hamas withdrew from the hostage release agreement, but we did not stop trying.
He stressed that we look forward to maintaining close contacts with the leaders of Qatar, Egypt and Israel to return all hostages.
Biden noted that some of the captives in Gaza are American citizens, adding that he would never We will not stop trying to return Americans to their land.
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