AMMAN — Jordan is hosting and participating in a
Palestinian-Israeli political and security meeting today in Aqaba, which will be attended by Egyptian and US officials, Hala News reported.
اضافة اعلان
The Jordanian delegation to the meeting includes
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Al-Safadi and head of the General
Intelligence Directorate Maj. Gen. Ahmad Hosni.
The
Palestinian delegation includes the head of the
Palestinian General Intelligence Service Maj. Gen. Majed Faraj, diplomatic
advisor to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Majdi Khaldi, and
Hussein Al-Sheikh, secretary-general of the Executive Committee of the
Palestine Liberation Organization.
The Israeli delegation includes: the head of the
political-military bureau in the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Dror Shalom; Israel’s
military liaison to the Palestinians, Ghassan Alian; the director general of
the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ronen Levy; the Israeli National
Security Adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi; and the director of Israel’s “Shin Bet” security
service, Ronen Bar.
Egypt is sending the Director of its General Intelligence
Directorate, Major General
Abbas Kamel. From the American side, participants
include Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf and
US Special Envoy for Palestinian Affairs Hadi Amr.
Efforts to cool tensionsAn official
Jordanian source called the meeting a
“significant breakthrough” for Jordan, as it brings together Palestinian
and Israeli political and security officials with regional and
international attendance.
The source noted that Jordan is convening the meeting in
coordination with Palestine, with the goal of reaching an agreement to stop
unilateral actions that undermine prospects for achieving a just peace based on
the two-state solution.
Other news outlets have also stated that the summit aims to
discuss efforts to cool escalations and security tensions in the Palestinian
Territories before and during the holy month of
Ramadan in particular.
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