Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi warned that Israel's plan to apply sovereignty to large parts of Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley would place "grave strain" on the peace treaty between Amman and Jerusalem, to the point that "Jordan would find it difficult to uphold the peace deal with Israel," the Lebanese Hezbollah-affiliated Al Mayadeen reported Friday.
Jordan's top diplomat made an unannounced visit to the West Bank on Thursday during which he cautioned that Israel's plans for the area would "kill" any hopes for a two-state solution with the Palestinians.
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"Annexation is unprecedented for the peace process, and it will kill the two-state solution and will destroy all the foundations of the peace process," Safadi told reporters after meeting with his Palestinian counterpart in Ramallah.
It would "deprive all peoples of the region of their right to live in security, peace and stability," he added.
Safadi also met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
The visit came a day after a senior Emirati official warned that Israel's planned move could lead Arab states to call for a single binational state for Israelis and Palestinians, rather than a two-state solution, which is still widely seen as the only way to resolve the conflict.
Jordan, which is one of just two Arab nations to have made peace with Israel, has been particularly alarmed by the sovereignty bid Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to push in the coming weeks.
This week, Jordan's King Abdullah expressed his concerns to American leadership, warning that any unilateral Israeli measure in the West Bank would be unacceptable and "undermine the prospects of achieving peace and stability in the region".
On Thursday, the king spoke with Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, who also expressed opposition to any unilateral Israeli move in the West Bank.
In a statement carried by Bahrain's state media, the monarch reiterated the tiny Gulf country's support for the Arab consensus against such an "illegal" move.
Al Mayadeen further reported that Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry was also set to attend the meetings in Ramallah but canceled at the last minute.
The move reportedly sparked concern in the Palestinian Authority that Cairo would not oppose a unilateral Israeli move in little more than a declarative way and, if fact, will lend its tacit support to the Israeli sovereignty bid.
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