AMMAN —
Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates
Ayman Safadi on Saturday reaffirmed that Jordan stands with Saudi Arabia in the face
of Houthi terrorist attacks targeting Saudi energy facilities, security and
stability.
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During a meeting
with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on the sidelines of the
Doha Forum, Safadi reiterated Jordan’s condemnation of the Houthi attacks
Friday on Saudi oil facilities, which caused a fire at one of oil giant
Aramco’s petroleum distribution stations in Jeddah, according to the jordan
news agency, Petra.
“Jordan stands with the Saudi brothers in any step
they take to protect their security and interests,” Safadi told his Saudi
counterpart.
During the meeting,
Safadi and Prince Faisal discussed ways to strengthen the strategic brotherly
relations, and stressed their keenness to develop cooperation in various
fields.
The ministers said
the two Kingdoms firmly stand together in the face of challenges and continue
to work to increase bilateral cooperation and coordination to solve regional
crises and achieve security and stability.
Safadi and Prince Faisal discussed a number of
regional and international topics, top of which the
Palestinian cause,
countering Houthi terrorism, efforts to reach a political solution to the
Yemeni and Syrian crises, and the conflict in Ukraine and its repercussions on
the region and the world, especially regarding energy and food security.
The two officials
agreed to continue coordination on various regional issues.
Safadi also met on
Saturday with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
During the meeting,
which took place on the sidelines of the Doha Forum, Safadi reaffirmed the
Kingdom’s support of “brotherly Lebanon in its efforts to overcome the crisis
it is facing.”
Mikati valued the
Kingdom’s efforts led by His Majesty King Abdullah in support of
Lebanon’s stability, security, sovereignty and national institutions.
The meeting tackled
bilateral relations in various fields, including projects to supply electricity
to Lebanon from Jordan across Syria and Egyptian gas to Lebanon through Jordan
and Syria.
Safadi welcomed the Lebanese prime minister’s
statement on his country’s relations with the
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
countries, and the “positive Saudi response to it”, noting the importance of a
Kuwaiti initiative to end the rift between the GCC and Lebanon.
He expressed hope
that Lebanese-GCC relations will return to normal to boost Arab solidarity and
Arab causes and enhance support for Lebanon.
Mikati and Safadi
discussed a number of regional and international issues of common interest.
Safadi on Saturday
reiterated Jordan’s firm support of Iraq’s security and stability and the need
to enhance relations with Baghdad.
In a meeting with
his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein on the sidelines of the Doha Forum, Safadi
stressed that Iraq’s security is a key pillar of the security and stability of
the region.
Supporting Iraq and
cementing relations with it is a Jordanian priority under the guidance of His
Majesty
King Abdullah II, he said, pointing to the outcomes of summits between
the King and the Iraqi leadership, which “took relations to wider scopes of
cooperation that are in the interest of the two brotherly countries.”
Hussein said Iraq
appreciated the Kingdom’s support. The meeting also tackled ways to bolster
relations at the bilateral level and within the context of tripartite
cooperation with Egypt.
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