Safadi, Blinken to discuss humanitarian crisis in Gaza, regional dynamics

AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi will meet with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday in Amman, according to a Foreign Ministry statement. 

The ministry’s spokesperson Sufian Qudah, on Saturday said that Safadi will discuss with Blinken, who is arriving to the Kingdom as part of a regional tour, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza due to the Israeli war on Gaza.

The meeting will also discuss the urgent need for an immediate ceasefire, the protection of civilians and easing all Israeli-imposed barriers to ensure the delivery of adequate and sustained humanitarian and medical aid to all areas of Gaza, Qudah said.

He added that Safadi will reiterate Jordan's firm opposition to the forced displacement of Palestinians within or outside their homeland, condemning it as a war crime and a dangerous escalation of the conflict.

Safadi will also stress the Kingdom's rejection of any future approach to managing Gaza that lacks a comprehensive security framework focusing on the unity of Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and that any framework should aim to establish an independent, sovereign Palestinian state along the lines of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on the two-state solution, the statement added.

Qudah also said that Safadi will hold in-depth discussions with Blinken on halting Israel's illegal actions in the West Bank, Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian holy sites, which contributed a volatile situation. 

The ministers will also discuss various bilateral and regional issues, he added.