JAKARTA - United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had not been involved in ceasefire negotiations and hostage-taking over the past few weeks. There are still points to be resolved regarding the potential agreement.

"We have a piece of agreement paper. There are 18 paragraphs 15 paragraphs of which have been agreed between Hamas and Israel," Blinken said on the NBCs Today Show.

"But what has happened in the last few weeks is that Hamas is not present in the negotiations, does not want to be involved in unresolved issues, and if we finish it, we will finalize the deal, we will solve it," continued Blinken.

The leading US diplomat noted that Israel must also make some difficult decisions at the end of negotiations.

"So we have to consider it," Blinken said.

CNN reports senior US officials have stopped providing a strong push on ceasefire negotiations in recent days, having decided there is currently no political will on either side of Hamas or Israel to end the conflict.


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