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Jordan, Palestine stress need to relaunch peace talks

Xinhua, April 30, 2017 Adjust font size:

Jordan and Palestine on Sunday stressed the need to relaunch peace talks between Palestine and Israel, the state-run Petra news agency reported.

At a meeting between King Abdullah II of Jordan and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman, the two sides said any peace talks to be launched should focus on the two-state solution, which is the sole solution to address the Palestinian issue and one that should results in the creation of an independent Palestinian state.

The meeting between King Abdullah and Abbas comes ahead of a visit by the Palestinian president to the U.S., where he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and discuss peacemaking efforts.

During the Amman meeting, Abbas and King Abdullah said the 2002 Arab peace initiative was fundamental for peacemaking.

The initiative offers Israel normal ties with the Arab and Islamic states in return for withdrawal from territories it occupied in 1967.

The two leaders said the initiative was the most comprehensive framework to attain peace in the Middle East.

The two sides also stressed their rejection of unilateral Israeli measures to alter the status quo in Jerusalem.

They also stressed on the need for efforts to preserve the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem. Endit