Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, on Tuesday conveyed a message from His Majesty King Abdullah to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The message is part of consultation and coordination which aim to support the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights, especially their right to freedom and an independent and sovereign state on their national soil in accordance with the two-state solution.
In the meeting attended by General Intelligence Department (GID) Director Maj. Gen. Ahmad Husni, Safadi discussed the Israeli escalation in occupied Jerusalem and its holy sites and in the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories, in addition to efforts to stop the escalation and find a real political horizon to stop the deterioration and progress towards a just peace.
President Abbas commended the Kingdom’s firm stances in support of Palestine and the rights of the Palestinian people, and efforts led by His Majesty King Abdullah to support the Palestinian people and fulfill their right to a free, independent and sovereign state on the basis of the two-state solution.
President Abbas underlined the importance of the historical Hashemite custodianship role in protecting Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem.
In a joint statement with Minister Hussein al-Sheikh, Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Safadi warned that “the situation is bad, and is heading towards something worse.”
“What is happening must stop, and we must immediately return to finding a real political horizon to achieve a just and comprehensive peace,” Safadi said.
“The prospects for peace are absent by an Israeli decision, and also by Israeli actions that is pushing the entire region towards an outbreak of conflict,” he added.
“Our next moves aim to reach out to all brothers in the region, the United States, the European Union, and all the influential forces in the world with one message: Either we proceed on this path that will only take us towards what is worse, or we resume a real political process that meets all the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people,” Safadi said.
He added, “Our brothers in Palestine are ready to engage in a real political process, so let Israel come to this process and enter into serious and effective negotiations in order to resolve the conflict and achieve a just and comprehensive peace on the basis of the two-state solution that has no alternative.”
Safadi said, “The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the King’s efforts have not stopped in order to support our brothers and to prevent the situation from deteriorating to something worse, and in order to return to achieving peace.”
He stressed, “We all want peace, but the peace we want can only begin by stopping all illegal Israeli measures that undermine the two-state solution, and therefore all chances of achieving a comprehensive and just peace.”
Source: Jordan News Agency