US secretary of state Antony Blinken will no longer undertake a planned visit to Jordan tomorrow, but will be travelling to Saudi Arabia, a senior US state department official has said.
The Jordanian foreign ministry confirmed the visit had been postponed but said no reason was given.
Mr Blinken is on a multi-day trip to the Middle East – his 11th since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict – in hopes of reviving ceasefire efforts.
The state department said yesterday that Mr Blinken would travel to “Israel and other countries” in the region from 21 to 25 October.
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