AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister
Ayman Safadi on Tuesday told CNN that a
US role in bringing an end to the conflict in
Gaza and the rest of the Palestinian lands is “indispensable”.
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“The aggression on Gaza has to stop, political horizon needs
to be created, and for all of that, we need a leading role by the United States
of America. Its role is indispensable,” he told the station.
The top diplomat said that as international players have
undertaken efforts to end the ongoing hostilities, focus should be first on stopping
the aggression, which Israel is yet to accept. Following that, a peace drive
towards a just solution to the Mideast conflict should be launched.
“Now we need to focus on two things; one, stop the
aggression, stop the provocations, make sure that we get to a ceasefire, make
sure that we do help the people who are tremendously suffering and have endured
more suffering than any people have in the world. And secondly, call the spade
a spade and accept that as long as we have occupation,” there will be no peace.
“We need to focus on the root cause of all; which is
occupation, which is absence of peace, which is absence of the fulfillment of
the rights of the Palestinian people,” Safadi added.
“What is important now is to get everybody agreeing to a
ceasefire principle. Then, the elements of a longer-term truce will have to be
discussed. But we do not have and should not be negotiating the terms of a
truce while people are being killed. Let the hostilities stop. The details will
be worked out later.”
Also on Tuesday, Safadi met in Amman with Greek Minister of
Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias, with the recent events in the occupied
Palestinian territories and the efforts made to push for an international
action to stop the Israeli attacks and violations in Jerusalem topping the
agenda of the talks.
The two ministers agreed that there is no alternative to the
two-state solution to achieve peace and resolve the Mideast conflict.
Safadi added that ending the escalation requires an end to
the aggression on Gaza and violations in the West Bank and in the holy Al-Aqsa
Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif.
Safadi and his Greek counterpart agreed to step up
coordination and cooperation and work to develop relations in various fields
bilaterally and within the framework of the tripartite coordination mechanism
with Cyprus and in the context of the partnership between the Kingdom and the
EU.
In a related development, Safadi discussed over the phone
with Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok efforts to stop the dangerous escalation
in Jerusalem, Gaza and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories.
Safadi and his Kuwaiti counterpart Shiekh Ahmad Nasser
Al-Sabah also stressed on Tuesday the need to stop the “dangerous escalation”
in the occupied Palestinian territories, the aggression against Gaza, and the
Israeli illegal measures.
In a telephone conversation, the two ministers warned of the
serious implications of Israeli practices on the security and stability of the
region. The two ministers agreed to maintain communication and joint work in
order to support Palestinians in reaching all their legitimate rights.
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