Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Jordan's King Abdullah met on Monday to discuss efforts to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, reaffirming their support for a two-state solution, el-Sissi's office said.
The meeting comes ahead of an expected visit to the region by Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, who is pushing a controversial peace plan rejected by the Palestinians and criticized by Jordan.
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Kushner's initiative, partially unveiled at a Bahrain conference in June, dangled the prospect of the US investing $50 billion in the stagnant Palestinian economy.
But it failed to address key Palestinian demands such as the establishment of their own independent state.
The political side of the plan has yet to be released.
In a statement Monday, el-Sissi's office said the Egyptian and Jordanian leaders had agreed on "the importance of intensifying efforts" to resume peace talks.
They stressed the talks should abide by the two-state solution long-accepted internationally as the basis for a solution: a "Palestinian state based on the June 1967 boundaries with East Jerusalem as its capital."
Trump's administration has broken with that consensus, unilaterally recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and slashing funding for the UN agency for Palestinians.
The Bahrain forum was boycotted by Palestinian Authority, while Jordan and Egypt sent low-level representatives.
This article was originally published by i24NEWS.
