AMMAN —
His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday
received a high-level US delegation, headed by Senator Chris Murphy (D- Connecticut),
and which included National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East
and North Africa Brett McGurk, US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking, and
officials from the state and defense departments, according to a statement made
by the Royal Court.
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The meeting
covered the deep-rooted ties of friendship and the strategic partnership
between Jordan and the United States, with King Abdullah expressing
appreciation of President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken for
reaffirming US support for Jordan in recent phone calls.
For his
part, Senator Murphy stressed the importance of US-Jordanian ties, noting his
keenness to visit Jordan—as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, And Counterterrorism—and
maintain close coordination between the two countries on bolstering security
and stability in the region, in line with Jordan’s pivotal role in this regard.
The senator
said he is heading a unique delegation that includes representatives of the
legislative and executive branches in the United States, with officials from
relevant departments that matter in the US-Jordanian relationship.
The
delegates reaffirmed the United States’ support for Jordan and the measures it
has taken to maintain its security and stability, commending the Kingdom’s
efforts in hosting refugees.
Discussions
at the meeting covered issues of mutual concern, foremost of which is the
Palestinian cause, with His Majesty reiterating the need to step up efforts to
relaunch Palestinian-Israeli negotiations to reach just and comprehensive peace
on the basis of the two-state solution, guaranteeing the establishment of an
independent Palestinian state on the 4 June 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as
its capital.
The meeting
also addressed efforts to reach political solutions to crises in the Middle
East, and the importance of joint efforts to counter the economic, social, and
security implications of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
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