National security adviser holds work visit in Jordan, in possible sign of thaw

By Lazar Berman

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20 June 2022, 5:29 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

National Security Adviser Eyal Hulata speaks during the IISS Manama Dialogue in the Bahraini capital Manama on November 21, 2021. (Mazen Mahdi/AFP)

National Security Adviser Eyal Hulata returns from a working visit to Jordan, the Prime Minister’s Office announces.

Ties with Jordan, which were tense under the previous government, had been markedly improving over the past year under the current government until tensions erupted during the month of Ramadan. Since then, the visible high-level contacts that had occurred in prior months have stopped.

Hulata’s visit, and the official announcement publicizing it, could be a sign that the sides are interested in getting past the recent downturn in relations.