[ワシントン 27日 ロイター] – 米国務省は27日、ルビオ国務長官が3月2─3日にイスラエルを訪問すると発表した。米国はイランと核問題を巡る協議を続けながらも中東海域に空母打撃群を展開し攻撃態勢を整えており、ルビオ長官はイラン情勢などを巡りイスラエルと協議を行う。
国務省によると、ルビオ長官はレバノン情勢のほか、トランプ米大統領が進めるパレスチナ自治区ガザの和平計画など、中東地域のその他の優先課題についても話し合う。

Daphne Psaledakis is a foreign policy correspondent based in Washington, D.C., where she covers U.S. sanctions, Africa and the State Department. She has covered the rollout of U.S. sanctions on Russia after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Washington’s efforts to enforce its sanctions and the U.S. response to the conflict in Ethiopia, among other issues. She previously covered European Union politics and energy and climate policy for Reuters in Brussels as part of an Overseas Press Club Foundation fellowship in 2019. Daphne holds a Bachelor of Journalism in Print and Digital News and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies.

Humeyra Pamuk is a senior foreign policy correspondent based in Washington DC. She covers the U.S. State Department, regularly traveling with U.S. Secretary of State. During her 20 years with Reuters, she has had postings in London, Dubai, Cairo and Turkey, covering everything from the Arab Spring and Syria’s civil war to numerous Turkish elections and the Kurdish insurgency in the southeast. In 2017, she won the Knight-Bagehot fellowship program at Columbia University’s School of Journalism. She holds a BA in International Relations and an MA on European Union studies.