ALBAWABA - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Jordan on Wednesday to hold talks with King Abdullah II a day after US President Donald Trump's suggested plan to take over Gaza.
A source in the Palestinian president's office told AFP that Abbas is in Jordan to discuss Trump's proposal to "take over" and "own" the Gaza Strip while resettling Palestinians to Egypt or Jordan.
US President suggested resettling Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries under a redevelopment plan claiming that he will turn the strip into “the Riviera of the Middle East”.
US President Donald Trump's plan on the Gaza Strip has been denounced by many countries including Russia, China and Turkey.
A statement released by the office of President Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday "strongly rejected" Trump's proposal to take over Gaza.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters: "We oppose the forced displacement and relocation of the population in Gaza."
"There are Israeli plans to take full control of the occupied West Bank and attempts to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, adding that "practicing a policy of collective punishment is a method that Russia rejects".
