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US backs 'tangible steps' for Palestinian state, Antony Blinken tells Mahmud Abbas

Blinken

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) meets with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in the Muqata'a, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on January 10, 2024. 

Photo credit: Evelyn Hockstein | AFP

Ramallah,  

US top diplomat Antony Blinken told Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday that Washington supports "tangible steps" towards the creation of a Palestinian state.