Washington:
US President Joe Biden will host Jordan’s King Abdullah II subsequent week, the White Home stated Friday, as negotiations proceed within the Center East for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The assembly shall be “personal” and shall be adopted by a readout, White Home Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre instructed reporters, with out giving a date for the encounter.
The assembly comes towards the backdrop of talks for a deal to launch hostages and safe a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza after almost seven months of battle.
The talks, which come after months of efforts by mediators Egypt, Qatar and the US to dealer a brand new settlement between the combatants, are at a essential juncture.
The USA has urged the Palestinian operative group to simply accept the “terribly beneficiant” supply.
However Hamas accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday of making an attempt to derail the proposed Gaza take care of his threats to launch an operation in Rafah.
King Abdullah II final visited the White Home in February when he known as for an instantaneous ceasefire and warned an assault on Rafah would trigger a “humanitarian disaster.”
In April, Jordan labored alongside the US and different allies to shoot down Iranian drones that Tehran despatched in direction of Israel, with the dominion eager to keep away from a wider battle.
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