Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday met with Jordanian King Abdullah to discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s changes to American policy on Jerusalem.
On Wednesday in a speech at the White House, Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and initiated a process to relocate the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
However, the American president stated he was not taking a position on the final status of Jerusalem, which he said Israel and Palestine would decide in future peace talks.
“[Abbas] informed the Jordanian monarch of the latest developments regarding Jerusalem, the dangers facing it,…the future mechanism to protect the holy city and support our people there,” the official PA news site Wafa said in a report.
On Wednesday evening, Abbas condemned Trump’s decisions in televised remarks, saying that they “embody a declaration of the United States’s withdrawal from undertaking the role” of an interlocutor between Israel and the Palestinians.”
During their meeting, Abbas and Abdullah were joined by Jordanian Crown Prince Hussein.
Jordan is slated to host a meeting of Arab League on the level of foreign minister on Saturday to “coordinate Arab and Islamic stances” toward Trump’s decisions, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi said on Wednesday.
Abbas also spoke to Lebanese President Michel Aoun and former Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Thursday about Trump’s moves on Jerusalem.
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