Blinken says Middle East parties will decide future path for region in coming days

Reuters · 09/27 20:09
Blinken says Middle East parties will decide future path for region in coming days

- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that the choices all parties in the Middle East make in the coming days will determine which path the region takes and have profound consequences for years to come.

In a news conference on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the United States' top diplomat said Washington has made clear it believes the way forward is through diplomacy, not conflict.


(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk, Costas Pitas and Simon Lewis; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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