RIYADH: Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Sunday with Jordan’s king and foreign minister and visited a World Food Program warehouse in Amman as he pressed ahead with an urgent Middle East diplomatic mission to prevent Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza from spreading.pital Amman.
During his meeting with Blinken, Ayman Safadi, deputy prime minister, minister of foreign affairs and expatriates, discussed the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip and the need for an immediate halt to the aggression to ensure the protection of civilians.
Safadi also stressed the need to remove obstacles placed by Israel to block the access of adequate and sustained humanitarian and medical aid to all areas of Gaza.
He reaffirmed Jordan’s position in rejecting the displacement of Palestinians inside or outside their land, condemning it as a war crime and a dangerous escalation of the conflict.
He also said that he would be looking at what could be done to maximize the protection of civilians in Gaza and increase deliveries of humanitarian assistance.
