'Abraham Accords not a substitute for two-state solution'

The United States is working to expand the normalization agreements between Israel and Arab nations, known as the Abraham Accords, and hopes restoring such ties can be leveraged to advance progress on the Israeli and Palestinian conflict, senior State Department officials said on Tuesday, according to Reuters.

In a briefing with reporters previewing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's meetings on Wednesday with his Israeli and Emirati counterparts, officials stressed that the Abraham Accords were not a substitute for the two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinian Arabs.