{"id":1402786,"date":"2022-03-27T11:01:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1402786"},"modified":"2022-03-27T11:04:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T15:04:29","slug":"before-israeli-arab-summit-blinken-seeks-to-reassure-allies-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/before-israeli-arab-summit-blinken-seeks-to-reassure-allies-on-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Before Israeli-Arab summit, Blinken seeks to reassure allies on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbefore-israeli-arab-summit-blinken-seeks-to-reassure-allies-on-iran%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1402786&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-03-27T040448Z_1_LYNXNPEI2Q01G_RTROPTP_0_USA-MIDEAST-BLINKEN_1.jpg\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a European Union leaders summit amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium March 24\" \/><br \/>\nFILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a European Union leaders summit amid Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium March 24, 2022. REUTERS\/Evelyn Hockstein\/File Photo<\/div>\n<p>March 27, 2022<\/p>\n<p>By Humeyra Pamuk<\/p>\n<p>JERUSALEM (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought to reassure Israeli and Arab partners convening for a rare summit in Israel on Sunday that Washington would continue to counter any Iranian threat even as he promoted nuclear diplomacy with Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>The issue is likely to dominate the two-day summit which will include foreign ministers from three Arab states that normalised ties with Israel even as peacemaking with the Palestinians remains stalled. Blinken pledged in parallel to work on improving Palestinian conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken\u2019s visit comes as some U.S. allies in the region question President Joe Biden administration\u2019s commitment and brace for fallout from an Iranian nuclear deal and the Ukrainian crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The nuclear talks had been close to an agreement several weeks ago until Russia made last-minute demands of the United States, insisting that sanctions imposed on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine should not affect its trade with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Restoring a 2015 nuclear deal \u201cis the best way to put Iran\u2019s nuclear programme back in to the box it was in\u201d, Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>But whether or not that happens, \u201cour commitment to the core principle of Iran never acquiring a nuclear weapon is unwavering,\u201d he said alongside Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States will continue to stand up to Iran when it threatens us or when it threatens our allies and partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attending the Lapid-hosted summit in a desert hotel later on Sunday and Monday will be the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco, which were part of the so-called Abraham Accords brokered by the Trump administration in 2020 to normalise ties with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt\u2019s foreign minister, whose country on Saturday marked 43 years of peace with Israel, will also join the summit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNormalisation is becoming the new normal in the region,\u201d Blinken said, adding that Washington hoped \u201cto bring others in\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This, he said, should entail \u201cforg(ing) tangible improvements in the lives of Palestinians and preserving our long-standing goal of reaching a negotiated two-state solution\u201d. Blinken meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah later on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The venue for the foreign ministers\u2019 meeting is Sde Boker, where Israel\u2019s founding father and first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, retired and is buried. The remote Negev desert farm collective has long been a symbol of Israeli innovation.<\/p>\n<p>It will provide an opportunity for delegates to hold discussions in repose, one Israeli official involved in the planning said, calling it \u201cour version of Camp David\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sde Boker may also have provided an uncontroversial alternative to Jerusalem, which Israel considers its capital \u2013 a status not recognised by most countries in the absence of a resolution to Palestinian claims on the city.<\/p>\n<p>(Writing by Dan Williams; Additional reporting by Arshad Mohammed in Washington. 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