Amman, June 7 (Petra) His Majesty King Abdullah II received Iraqi Parliament Speaker Haibat Al Halbousi on Sunday at Al Husseiniya Palace, according to a royal court statement.

His Majesty highlighted the importance of building on the robust relations between Jordan and Iraq across various fields, in service of their peoples and regional stability.

Speaking about regional developments, the King underscored the need to step up efforts aimed at consolidating the ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, while ensuring the security and sovereignty of Arab states.

His Majesty also called for preventing the exploitation of the situation in the region as a pretext to impose new facts on the ground in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Mazen Qadi and Director of the Office of His Majesty Alaa Batayneh attended the meeting.

//Petra// AK