US Vice President Mike Pence has asked Egypt and Jordan to reach out to the Palestinians on behalf of the US, Bloomberg news reports.
Ramallah is currently boycotting the US administration over anger at President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Pence asked Egyptian President Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi and Jordanian King Abdullah to tell the Palestinians the US is interested in restarting peace negotiations, according to the report, citing a source familiar with the talks.
On Sunday, Pence said he had told Abdullah as much.
“The Palestinian Authority has been absent from direct negotiations since 2014. And I hope I impressed upon King Abdullah our earnest desire to restart the peace process,” Pence said.
He called his talks with the Jordanian leader “very frank.”
“Look, friends occasionally have disagreements and we agreed to disagree on the decision by the United States to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. But what we agreed on was the need for all parties to come back to the table,” Pence said.
— with AP
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