Senate President Faissal Fayez met on Sunday with a number of ambassadors from brotherly and friendly states accredited to Jordan, receiving each separately at his office. He discussed bilateral relations with them and ways to strengthen and build on those ties across various fields.
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Fayez met the Algerian ambassador Mohamed Zerkat, the Sudanese ambassador Hassan Saleh Swar Al-Dahab, and the Italian ambassador Pier Zamburletti.
Fayez commended the high level that Jordan's relations with those countries have reached, stressing the importance of strengthening them further across political, economic, investment, and parliamentary areas.
The meetings also covered current conditions in the region, including what the source describes as the Iranian-American-Israeli war, and the situation in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank amid Israel's continuing offensive against the Palestinian people, as well as developments in Syria and Lebanon.
Fayez briefed the ambassadors on the speech delivered by His Majesty King Abdullah II at the United Nations General Assembly, outlining its main themes and messages.
He said the King had placed before the international community the reality of the phase the region is passing through - particularly regarding Gaza, the West Bank, and what he described as dangerous developments in Syria and their direct implications for Jordan's security and stability. He added that the King had set out the responsibilities the international community must bear: protecting security and stability, halting Israeli violations, and upholding international law.
Fayez said the King had warned against what he characterised as Israeli aggressive and expansionist ambitions in the region, which he said now constitute a regional threat. The King had also warned against the consequences of Israeli incursions into southern Syria and attempts by the occupying state to impose new facts on the ground. According to Fayez, the King questioned the standing of international law, asking: 'If international law can be ignored for decades, what value does it retain? And how can we apply it if we do not even acknowledge its violations?'
Fayez said the King had reaffirmed Jordan's commitment to protecting its national security, and had made clear that any threat to Jordan's northern borders or its water security constitutes a threat to national security. Jordan, he said, will not turn a blind eye to any threat to its security, water or the interests of its people. The King had also reaffirmed Jordan's commitment to a just peace, support for Palestinian resilience and UNRWA, continued stewardship of the Hashemite custodianship, and preservation of the historic and legal status quo at Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem. Fayez noted the King's warning that Jordan's commitment to diplomacy does not override its commitment to human values, and should not be misread as weakness.
Fayez also said the King had called on the international community to move from managing crises to addressing their root causes, and from recording positions to taking practical steps that protect people, enforce respect for international law, and prevent the continuation of policies that impose facts on the ground.
Fayez said the King's address was not merely a speech before the United Nations, but a considered Jordanian reading of the region's reality and an explicit call to restore the standing of international law, justice, and the right of peoples to security, peace, and statehood - while laying out the risks posed by the continuation of the Israeli occupation and what he described as Israel's aggressive and expansionist policies.
He added that while the King had exposed what he described as war crimes committed by the occupying state in Gaza, he had also drawn attention to the situation in the West Bank - including expanding settler violence, land seizures, and settlement expansion, which collectively, in the King's framing, constitute war crimes.
The ambassadors of the brotherly and friendly states praised King Abdullah's address and his calls on the international community to fulfil its moral and legal responsibilities to end the region's conflicts and achieve security and stability for its peoples.
They said the King's speech formed part of Jordan's broader efforts to achieve peace in the region and restore security and stability. They expressed their countries' pride in their relations with Jordan and their commitment to developing and sustaining those ties across all fields in ways that serve shared interests and strengthen bilateral relations.
This article was originally written in Arabic for Al Ghad.
