هآريتس : اللقاء السري الرابع بين نتانياهو وملك الأردن اليوم الخميس ! Netanyahu in Amman for closed-door talks on Israeli-Palestinian peace
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| اللقاء السري الرابع بين نتانياهو وملك الأردن اليوم الخميس |
Jordan: Netanyahu in
Amman for closed-door talks on
Israeli-Palestinian peace
Netanyahu: Israel
will take Jordan's interests into account in any peace deal.
By Barak Ravid, Jack Khoury and The
Associated Press | Jan. 16, 2014 |
3:33 PM | 1
Jerusalem will take
Jordan's security interests into consideration in any peace agreement between
Israel and the Palestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured Jordan's
King Abdullah on Thursday.
Netanyahu returned to
Jerusalem early Thursday afternoon, after meeting with the king at his palace
in Amman. Netanyahu's office did not announce the visit prior to his return to
Israel.
"The prime minister
emphasized the important role Jordan, under the leadership of King Abdullah,
plays in the efforts to achieve a peace agreement with the Palestinians,"
said a statement from the Prime Minister's Office. "The prime minister
stressed that Israel has placed an emphasis on security arrangements, including
Jordanian interests, in any future agreement," adding that any deal would
take into consideration the peace treaty signed between Israel and Jordan 20
years ago.
Netanyahu was in Amman
for closed-door talks with the king on the latest about the latest
"developments in the peace process" brokered by the United States.
Netanyahu made at least
three similar visits to Jordan last year.
Jordan maintains cordial
relations with Israel under a peace treaty signed in 1994 — one of only two
signed agreements the Jewish state has with an Arab country.
Jordanian media,
meanwhile, reported that the meeting with Netanyahu followed a series of
meetings in recent weeks between King Abdullah and U.S. Secretary of State John
Kerry and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Abdullah has been
working to help move the Israeli-Palestinian talks forward, but has also sought
to protect his country's interests in the event a peace deal takes shape –
especially if it concerns the core issues.
The Americans and
Palestinians have updated the Jordanians on the negotiations at every step of
the way, prompting some disagreement when it comes to Jordan's stake in the
core issues, Haaretz has learned.
Among the issues
pertaining to Jordan are the western border of the Jordan Valley, the status of
Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees and water supplies.
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