Mikati meets Blinken in Jordan and al-Sisi in Egypt

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Saturday met in Jordan with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

During the meeting, Mikati stressed “the priority of working for a ceasefire in Gaza to halt the continuous Israeli aggression there, and also working on stopping the Israeli aggression against south Lebanon,” Lebanon’s National News Agency said.

Mikati decried “the scorched earth policy that Israel is following by using internationally-prohibited weapons to create increased human casualties and destroy southern areas and towns,” NNA said.

He also emphasized that Lebanon is committed to U.N. resolutions and coordination with UNIFIL, urging the international community to press Israel to halt its daily violations.

Blinken for his part told Mikati that he is exerting efforts to halt the military operations for humanitarian purposes and in order to launch discussions over the captives file.

Mikati later arrived in Cairo for talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

The premier, who recently visited Qatar, has said that he would visit several Arab countries in a bid to protect Lebanon amid the current conflagration in the region.

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