April 29, 2024 12:16 GMT
MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS - Week Ahead 29 April-5 May
US' Blinken embarks on another Mid East trip in effort to broker ceasefire deal; UK PM Sunak faces difficult set of local elections that could presage leadership challenge; European Parliament election campaign gets underway w/Maastrich debate
(MNI) London – All timings subject to change. N.B. The next Political Risk Week Ahead will be published on Monday 13 May.
Monday 29 April:
- Middle East: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has started another visit to the Middle East, holding talks with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah in Riyadh. Blinken will hold talks with his counterparts from Qatar, Egypt, the UAE, Turkey and Jordan, as will French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne, who is also in Saudi Arabia. Blinken is then expected to visit Israel later in the week. Blinken has claimed that that Hamas has in front of them a proposal that is "extraordinarily generous". Says that Hamas "needs to decide, and it needs to decide quickly." Hamas representatives are due in Cairo on 29 April to discuss the latest proposal.
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