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Jordan's Abdullah says Ukraine should not derail Mideast peace

FILE PHOTO: Jordan's King Abdullah II ibn Al-Hussein speaks during a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, after talks at the Chancellery, in Berlin, Germany, March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/Pool

Jordan's King Abdullah said on Tuesday he did not expect the war in Ukraine to affect attempts to resolve the decades old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"Whatever is going on in Ukraine I don't think affects the vision of leadership in our part of the world to try to move it forwards," Abdullah told a joint news conference in Berlin with Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Abdullah hosted Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid for talks last Thursday about coordinating ways of securing calm in Jerusalem, a frequent flashpoint of Palestinian protests, officials on both sides said.

(Reporting by Emma Thomasson, editing by Kirsti Knolle)

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