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Sources to Asharq Al-Awsat: Egyptian-Jordanian-Palestinian Summit in Cairo Thursday

Jordanian King Abdullah meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the Arab summit at the Dead Sea in 2017 (AFP photo)
Jordanian King Abdullah meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the Arab summit at the Dead Sea in 2017 (AFP photo)
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Sources to Asharq Al-Awsat: Egyptian-Jordanian-Palestinian Summit in Cairo Thursday

Jordanian King Abdullah meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the Arab summit at the Dead Sea in 2017 (AFP photo)
Jordanian King Abdullah meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the Arab summit at the Dead Sea in 2017 (AFP photo)

The tripartite Egyptian-Jordanian-Palestinian summit will be held in Cairo on Thursday, an Egyptian source told Asharq Al-Awsat.

He said the meeting aims to unify the Arab position towards the resumption of negotiations with the United States on peace talks.

“The summit should build on a unified Arab stand concerning the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and on the contacts held with Washington following the visit of Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency William Burns to Cairo, Ramallah and Tel Aviv two weeks ago,” the source said.

He added that one of the results of Burns’ talks in the region is the recent meeting held between Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah.

The summit will bring together Jordanian King Abdullah II, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Abbas.

A Jordanian source revealed that the summit mainly seeks to coordinate positions over the latest developments in the region ahead of Abbas's trip to the United Nations, where he is expected to deliver a speech.

On Monday, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said that he is looking forward to the tripartite summit to urge the US administration to fulfill its promise on the establishment of two states and to end “racial” settlements, as well as resolving Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands.

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Regional, Int’l Efforts Underway to Launch UN-Sponsored Political Process in Yemen

Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad al-Alimi receives US envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking and Washington’s ambassador to Yemen Steven Fagin. (Saba)
Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad al-Alimi receives US envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking and Washington’s ambassador to Yemen Steven Fagin. (Saba)
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Regional, Int’l Efforts Underway to Launch UN-Sponsored Political Process in Yemen

Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad al-Alimi receives US envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking and Washington’s ambassador to Yemen Steven Fagin. (Saba)
Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad al-Alimi receives US envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking and Washington’s ambassador to Yemen Steven Fagin. (Saba)

Intense diplomatic efforts have been underway in the Saudi capital Riyadh to launch a comprehensive UN-sponsored political process in Yemen.

Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad al-Alimi received US envoy to Yemen Tim Lenderking and Washington’s ambassador to Yemen Steven Fagin.

Lenderking briefed the Yemeni leadership on the diplomatic efforts underway to ease tensions in Yemen and launch the political process.

In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, Fagin said the Riyadh meeting was “productive”, revealing that it focused on the economy and limiting the escalation by the Iran-backed Houthi militias.

The terrorist Houthis continue to undermine regional security and peace, he stated.

For his part, Alimi underlined the legitimate Yemeni government’s commitment to just peace in line with the national, regional and international references, especially UN Security Council resolution 2216.

The meeting tackled the “urgency of stopping Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, preventing Iranian weapons from reaching the Houthis, and advancing diplomatic efforts to find a durable end to the conflict in Yemen,” said the US State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs on the X platform.

Lenderking briefed Alimi on the potential regional and international changes in wake of the results of the US presidential election and the options to push the terrorist Houthis to positively deal with UN efforts to launch the political process, reported Yemen’s Saba news agency.

They also tackled bilateral relations between Yemen and the US and ways to bolster them in all fields, as well as American support for the Yemeni economy.

Alimi underscored the need to intensify international efforts to implement the Security Council resolution on the embargo of sending Iranian arms to the Houthis.

Fagin also held a meeting with Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Al-Jaber, who described the talks as “productive”.

The officials reviewed the developments in Yemen and the Red Sea and joint efforts to support the legitimate government and brotherly Yemeni people, Jaber added.

They also tackled means to support the UN envoy’s efforts to maintain calm and reach a comprehensive political solution, he went on to say.