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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Amman - Asharq Al-Awsat

Jordan King Reiterates Need To Preserve Status Quo in Jerusalem

Jordanian King Abdullah II held talks on Thursday with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at Al Husseiniya Palace (Petra)

Jordanian King Abdullah II on Thursday told Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid that Israel's "unilateral steps" in the holy city from accelerated Jewish settlement building to its attempts to change the legal status quo of the city undermined a two-state solution.

King Abdullah reaffirmed the need to step up efforts to achieve just and comprehensive peace based on the two-state solution that guarantees the establishment of an independent, sovereign, and a viable Palestinian state, on the 4 June 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

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