RAMALLAH, February, 5 2024 (WAFA) – The President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas met in the capital of Jordan, Amman, with Jordan's King Abdullah II, in the presence of Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II.
During the meeting, they discussed the latest developments in the Palestinian territories, where the President appreciated Jordan's firm positions in supporting the Palestinian people to remain and stand firm in their land and reject calls for displacement and seizure of any part of the land of the State of Palestine.
The President said, "We affirmed our commitment to international legitimacy resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative as a basic path to resolving the Palestinian issue, leading to ending the occupation and embodying the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on the 1967 borders."
The President added, "We reiterated our complete rejection of any calls or plans aimed at displacing the Palestinian people from their homeland, whether in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, or East Jerusalem, our eternal capital, which violates international legitimacy resolutions and international law."
The President continued, the Gaza Strip is an integral and indivisible part of the State of Palestine, which has political and legal jurisdiction over it like the rest of the Palestinian land, and we have developed the necessary plans to begin providing basic services for the return of our people to their places of residence, in preparation for reconstruction with the contribution of our brothers and friends in the world.
He further stressed that the priority is to consolidate the ceasefire, provide aid, withdraw the occupation forces completely, and assume the Palestinian Authority's full responsibilities in the Gaza Strip, stop all unilateral actions, stop settlements and attempts to annex Palestinian land in the West Bank, and preserve the historical and legal status of Islamic and Christian holy sites under Hashemite guardianship.
The President stressed the need for the international community, primarily the United Nations and the Security Council, to assume its responsibilities to compel the occupying state to stop its ongoing aggression against our people, our land and our holy sites, and to stop the colony, annexation and racist expansion projects, with which the occupying state challenges the will of international legitimacy and international law.
President Abbas reiterated his deep appreciation for the positions of the brothers in Egypt and Jordan, which reject the principle of displacement and support the achievement of just peace according to the two-state solution, international legitimacy resolutions, and the Arab Peace Initiative to embody the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
He also valued Jordan's firm political positions in supporting the Palestinian cause in all international forums, and its provision of humanitarian support to the Palestinian people by providing humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, and field hospitals in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
In turn, King Abdullah II stressed the need to stop settlement measures, and reject any attempts to annex lands and displace Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, stressing the need to establish Palestinians on their land.
He urged the international community to play a more effective role in order to stop the escalation in the West Bank and the attacks on Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem.
King Abdullah II reiterated Jordan's full support for the Palestinian brothers in achieving their legitimate rights.
He pointed out Jordan's close coordination with brothers and friends in dealing with regional issues and reaching a comprehensive calm in the region.
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