Jordan s King Abdullah II (R) meeting with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in Amman on October 12, 2023. AFP
After Hamas's massive attack on Israel, Abbas rejected "practices related to killing civilians or abusing them on both sides", according to a statement.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks with the Palestinian and Jordanian leaders in Amman, a US official said as Blinken was on a solidarity visit to Israel Thursday.
"Tomorrow (Friday) in Amman, Secretary Blinken will have meetings with Palestinian president (Mahmud) Abbas and Jordanian King Abdullah II," the official told an AFP correspondent traveling with Blinken, whose visit followed Hamas's surprise weekend attack in Israel.
On Wednesday, Jordan’s King said that there would be no peace or security in the Middle East without the creation of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
"The Palestinian people must obtain their independent state, and the cycles of killing that innocent people pay the price in Gaza and West Bank must end, and the two-state solution must be the only way to a just and comprehensive peace," King Abdullah II told deputies in a speech at the opening of the new parliamentary session.
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