FM, intelligence chief take part in tripartite meeting with Egypt and Palestine in Cairo

AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and General Intelligence Department (GID) Chief Maj. Gen. Ahmad Husni on Monday attended a trilateral Jordanian-Egyptian-Palestinian meeting as part of ongoing coordination to support the Palestinians and “open a political horizon” to realise a comprehensive and fair peace in accordance with the two-state solution.

The following final statement was issued after the Cairo-held meeting:

"With an eye to bolster strategic relations among Egypt, Jordan and Palestine, based on these countries desire to scale up ongoing coordination to unify efforts towards the latest developments and challenges related to the Palestinian cause, and in implementation of the outcomes of the Cairo-hosted trilateral summit that was held on September 2, 2021, Cairo on Monday, December 27, 2021, hosted a meeting that witnessed the attendance of foreign ministers and heads of intelligence departments of Jordan and Egypt, as well as the Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs and head of the Palestinian General Intelligence Service (GIS).

The meeting aimed to coordinate stances and visions related to the mechanism for following up on the outcomes of the Cairo-hosted trilateral summit that was held on September 2, 2021, and discuss the latest developments related to the Palestinian cause.

The gathering also discussed means to enhance relations and developments relevant to the peace process, efforts to help strengthen Palestinian unity and assess the situation on the ground in the State of Palestine amid the continued illegal actions that undermine the chances of achieving a just peace, in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, and instilling a comprehensive calm and the reconstruction process in the Gaza Strip.

Talks also covered efforts geared towards realising a political horizon to achieve a just and comprehensive peace on the basis of the two-state solution that ensures the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the June 4, 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital on the basis of the two-state solution, in accordance with international law and the Arab Peace Initiative. 

A number of proposals aimed at breaking the current deadlock in the peace process have been considered as well.

The ministers also referred to the three countries’ contacts at the regional and international levels, as well as discussed means of reoperationalising the international frameworks related to the situation in the Palestinian territories and the path to a peaceful settlement."