US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told Ma'ariv on the sidelines of the G7 summit that he and senior members of the American administration expected to begin work with the new government in Israel, even if no meetings or visits had been scheduled to date.
Asked by if there were any policy initiatives on the table, Blinken replied that the American side is ready, but that, this is a new government that should be allowed time to organize and begin its regular activities. "They are as new as we were in January," Blinken said, "so in the meantime there is no activity or visits scheduled for the immediate futrure."