Blinken discusses Gaza with Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Jordan’s Foreign Minister

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in the UK on Friday. Blinken said there was a “sense of real urgency in getting to a diplomatic resolution” in Lebanon so that people could “have the confidence” to return to their homes. The Lebanese leader, who was in Europe for a French aid summit, met Blinken in London along with US special envoy James Rubin and Lebanese ambassador to Britain Rami Mortada.