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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Jordan King Tells McGurk of Urgent Need to Reduce Escalation

Jordan's King Abdullah II. Reuters

Jordan's King Abdullah II told US President Joe Biden's top Middle East advisor attending an Israeli-Palestinian meeting on Sunday that efforts should be intensified to bring "calm and reduce escalation" in Palestinian territories, state media reported.

Brett McGurk attended the meeting in the Red Sea port of Aqaba hosted by Jordan that brought Israeli and Palestinian security chiefs together for the first time in many years, along with representatives of key regional parties.

Earlier this month, King Abdullah met Biden and held talks with McGurk in which the United States warned of the threats to regional security and lobbied for a resumption of stalled US-sponsored talks on Palestinian statehood.

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