Herzog sends letter to Jordan’s king to mark 27 years since peace treaty signed

By Lazar Berman

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26 October 2021, 6:16 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

President Isaac Herzog (left) speaks during a conference in Jerusalem, on August 1, 2021; Jordan's King Abdullah II (right) listens during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Amman, Jordan, on May 26, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90; AP/Alex Brandon, Pool)

President Isaac Herzog writes to Jordan’s King Abdullah II on the 27th anniversary of the 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty.

“Twenty-seven years later,” Herzog writes, “the supreme strategic value of peace should be clear to all. Only by deepening and expanding our ties across all levels of government and civil society, and in all fields of cooperation, can we safeguard this indispensable asset of peace.”

Herzog says he looks forward to expanded ties in the fields of agriculture, water, trade, innovation and hi-tech.