Amman, Aug. 25 (Petra)-- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Ayman Safadi on Tuesday received Palestinian Vice President Hussein Al-Sheikh for talks focused on developments in the occupied Palestinian territories and continued coordination and consultation between Jordan and Palestine.
The meeting, attended by Fatah Central Committee member and General Intelligence Service Chief Majed Faraj and Palestinian National Council President Rawhi Fattouh, addressed the serious deterioration in the occupied West Bank.
Safadi and Al-Sheikh warned of the consequences of continued Israeli illegal measures, including settler terrorism, settlement expansion, land confiscation and efforts to undermine the Palestinian economy.
They condemned the escalation of settler violence against Palestinians and Israel’s ongoing systematic campaign targeting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), as well as restrictions imposed on the agency and its institutions in occupied Jerusalem.
They also condemned the Israeli authorities’ decision to issue tenders for the construction of hundreds of settlement units as part of the E1 settlement project east of occupied Jerusalem.
Safadi and Al-Sheikh stressed the need to halt Israeli violations in occupied Jerusalem and Israel’s systematic attempts to alter the existing historical and legal status quo at Islamic and Christian holy sites. They also underscored the importance of implementing the outcomes of the ministerial meeting on supporting Jerusalem and its holy sites, which Jordan hosted on August 8.
Regarding developments in the Gaza Strip, Safadi and Al-Sheikh stressed the need to consolidate stability, fully implement all provisions of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, and ensure the uninterrupted and sustainable delivery of sufficient humanitarian aid to the Strip to alleviate the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe.
They called for effective and serious regional and international action to halt Israel’s illegal measures that entrench the occupation, undermine prospects for a just peace, push the West Bank toward an explosion of violence, and constitute a blatant violation of international law and international legitimacy resolutions.
Safadi and Al-Sheikh stressed that establishing an independent and sovereign Palestinian state along the June 4, 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on the two-state solution, remains the only path toward achieving a just and comprehensive peace that guarantees lasting security and stability in the region.
The two sides agreed to maintain cooperation and coordination on developments and issues of mutual interest.
//Petra// MF
