US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and his Zionist counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi spoke on issues such as “regional security challenges” and the normalization of Tel Aviv’s relations with Arab countries.
An hour after the US President’s decision to lift sanctions imposed during Donald Trump’s presidency on officials of the International Criminal Court, the US Secretary of State spoke with his Zionist counterpart.
According to the US State Department, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke with Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi on Friday evening (Washington time).
Blinken and Ashkenazi discussed a variety of bilateral and regional issues, and the Biden administration’s secretary of state stressed Washington’s “unbreakable commitment” to Zionist security.
According to the State Department, the foreign ministers of Washington and Tel Aviv “spoke about the security challenges in the region, humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, and the normalization of relations with Arab and Muslim-majority countries.”
“Secretary Blinkin stressed the (Biden) administration’s belief that Israelis and Palestinians should enjoy equal freedom, security, prosperity, and democracy,” the statement said.
The State Department also said that Blinken, in consultation with Ashkenazi, “reaffirmed the United States’ strong commitment to Israel and its security, and (Biden’s Secretary of State) is eager to strengthen all aspects of the US-Israel partnership.”
The meeting between the US Secretary of State and the Zionist regime took place an hour after the administration of US President Joe Biden announced on Friday evening that it had lifted the sanctions imposed during the presidency of Donald Trump against the officials of the International Criminal Court.
The State Department said in a statement that Joe Biden had repealed Executive Order 13928, which was issued to seize the assets of a group of individuals linked to the International Criminal Court.
The Trump administration’s crackdown on the International Criminal Court in The Hague came as the tribunal announced last month that it had launched a formal investigation into war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories.
