The normalization agreements between Israel and the Arab countries cannot be a substitute for the settlement of the Middle East conflict, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
"I was in Jerusalem and also in Ramallah. And one of the points that I made in both Jerusalem with Israeli counterparts, in Ramallah with President Abbas, is of course the United States continued, ongoing support for a two-state solution, an outcome that would meet the aspirations of the Palestinian people and their entitlement to a state of their own, as well as, of course, ensuring the security of Israel and its strength as a Jewish and democratic state," he said during a joint news conference with Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in Rabat.
"The normalization agreements and the work that Morocco and other countries are doing with Israel is not a substitute for this outcome, for two states. But it can, I believe, reinforce it," Blinken stressed.
