Prime Minister Yair Lapid met with Jordan's King Abdullah II on Wednesday in the royal palace in Amman, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement after the visit had been kept under wraps for several hours.
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The PMO said in a statement that the encounter was "lengthy and cordial" and included lunch with the staffers on both sides. The statement further said that the two discussed "opportunities to add more content to the peace treaty between the two countries, to improve the ties between the nations and bolster the shared interests."
The statement added that the two stressed the importance of personal relations and mutual appreciation as a key component of maintaining regional stability and presenting tangible gains for both peoples and to the entire region.,
The Jordanian monarch told Lapid that Palestinians should be part of US-sponsored regional economic projects to underpin stability in the Middle East. He also told Lapid, in the first meeting after US. President Joe Biden's visit to the region earlier this month, that creating a Palestinian state was essential to reach a lasting peace between Arabs and Israelis.
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