‘DOING WHAT WE CAN TO EXTEND THE PAUSE’: BLINKEN

Wed 29 October 2023:

Speaking at a news conference in Brussels, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says his country is “sending humanitarian assistance to Gaza to make sure its people have what they need to get by”.

“Looking at the next couple of days, we’ll be focused on doing what we can to extend the pause so that we continue to get more hostages out and more humanitarian assistance in,” he said.

“We’ll discuss with Israel how it can achieve its objective to ensure the terrorist attacks of October 7 never happen again while sustaining increasing humanitarian assistance and minimising further suffering and casualties among Palestinian civilians,” he said.

“We’ll keep our efforts going to prevent the conflict from spreading and we’ll remain focused on enabling safe departure of American citizens and other foreign nationals from Gaza.

“Finally, we’ll work to build upon principles that I set out in Tokyo a few weeks ago, for the day after in Gaza and to find the steps that we and our partners can take in the region now to lay the foundation for a just and lasting peace.”

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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