RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s true ruler Crown Sovereign Mohammed receptacle Salman and Jordan’s The best Abdullah II held chats on Tuesday on endeavors to stop battling in Gaza and Lebanon, the Saudi unfamiliar service said.
During the Jordanian king’s visit to Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, the ministry said in a statement that the two discussed matters “related to the security and stability of the region, including efforts made to stop the ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon and reduce escalation.”
The gathering between the two Bedouin pioneers comes in the midst of a US strategic push through the district as struggle seethes with Israel in both Gaza and Lebanon.
Following Tuesday meetings in Israel aimed at making progress toward an elusive truce in Gaza, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to visit Jordan on Wednesday to talk about humanitarian assistance for the Palestinian territory.
The Saudi and Jordanian leaders emphasized “the need to intensify efforts for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, and to reduce the escalation in the region,” according to the royal palace in Jordan.
Saudi Arabia’s true SPA news office said the two chiefs had likewise voiced their help for the Palestinian and Lebanese individuals and “would keep on giving philanthropic guide to lighten their affliction”.
On Monday, US emissary to Lebanon Amos Hochstein said Washington was looking for a finish to the conflict in Lebanon “straightaway” as he pushed for a truce in Beirut.
Israel turned its attention to Hezbollah in Lebanon in September, intensifying its attacks on the group’s strongholds throughout the country and sending in ground troops at the end of the previous month after fighting Hamas for more than a year in the Palestinian territory of Gaza.
Joint military exercises between Iran and Saudi Arabia are planned, according to an Iranian report that has not been confirmed by Riyadh. This would be a first for the regional powerhouses.
In 2016, the two rivals in the Middle East, who had been at odds for a long time in conflict zones throughout the region, severed diplomatic ties. However, a surprise deal mediated by China saw Iran and Saudi Arabia resume their relations last year.
The Iranian news agency ISNA quoted Admiral Shahram Irani, commander of Iran’s navy, as saying, “Saudi Arabia has asked that we organize joint exercises in the Red Sea.”
