Washington, Apr 9 (EFE).- The Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, asked his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, for support to achieve a de-escalation of the crisis between Israel and Palestine.
The head of US diplomacy and the Emirati Foreign Minister held a telephone conversation on Saturday after several days of tension in the region, the State Department said in a statement on Sunday.
“Secretary Blinken urged calm during religious festivities in the region and stressed the urgency of reducing tensions between Israelis and Palestinians,” the note details.
Blinken also reminded him of “America’s continued commitment to a two-state solution,” one for the Israelis and one for the Palestinians.
The Joe Biden government will continue to consult with its regional allies to “promote security, stability, and prosperity,” the State Department said.
Two attacks carried out by Palestinians, one in the occupied West Bank and another in Tel Aviv, left three people dead on Friday, two Israelis and an Italian tourist.
These episodes occurred after the exchange of fire between the Israeli Army and Palestinian militias in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, triggered by clashes at dawn on Wednesday between Israeli police and Palestinian worshipers at the Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied east Jerusalem. .
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan coincides this year with the celebrations of Pesaj (Jewish Passover) and the Christian Holy Week.
Israel and the UAE established diplomatic relations under the so-called Abraham agreements, signed in September 2020 and mediated by the United States.
These agreements represented a shift in the geostrategic board of the Middle East, since they were joined by Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan, thus adding the countries with which Israel established peace agreements to six, after Egypt (1979) and Jordan (1994). ).
