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Monday, July 29, 2019
Egypt, Jordan leaders hold talks over Israeli-Palestinian peace
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEgypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II met today to discuss efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, reaffirming their support for a two-state solution, Sissi’s office says.
The meeting comes ahead of an expected visit to the region by US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, who is pushing a controversial peace plan rejected by the Palestinians and criticized by Jordan.
In a statement, Sissi’s office says the Egyptian and Jordanian leaders have agreed on “the importance of intensifying efforts” to resume peace talks.
They stress the talks should abide by the two-state solution long accepted internationally as the basis for a solution: a “Palestinian state based on the June 1967 boundaries with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
— AFP
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