WASHINGTON: The White House said on Tuesday that US President Joe Biden will travel from Israel to Amman on Wednesday to meet with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and Jordan’s King Abdullah II.
President Biden to meet Palestinian, Egyptian, and Jordanian Leaders
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told the media persons that President Biden would discuss the ongoing situation and the humanitarian needs of all civilians in Gaza.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country wanted to assist in stopping a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, western media reported on Monday. Reuter reported that the Russian President expressed these remarks while talking to the Prime Minister of Israel.
In a statement, the Kremlin stated President Putin expressed his country’s willingness to work towards “ending the Israel-Palestinian war and achieving a peaceful settlement via diplomatic and political means”.
Putin spoke to five of the major regional countries in an attempt to secure a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Palestine. Russia said several times that the West and the US have ignored the need for an independent Palestinian nation within 1967 borders.
President Putin said the ongoing violence in the Middle East suggests just how far Washington’s policy in the region has failed.
