Lapid to meet Blinken in Washington next week

• Published date: 04 October 2021
• Author: LAHAV HARKOV
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The trip is expected to be short because Congress will not be in session and Lapid does not have meetings planned on Capitol Hill.

Iran is likely to be a top item on the agenda for the meeting, with talks to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, as the Biden administration hoped to do, stalled for over four months.

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Last week, Blinken said of the negotiations: "The ball remains in their court, but not for long."

The secretary of state explained that Iran is nearing the point of advancement in its nuclear program at which the benefits of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, as the 2015 deal is called, will no longer be...