Amman: Lower House Speaker Ahmad Safadi reaffirmed that the Palestinian cause is “every Jordanian’s cause”.
In a meeting with a Palestinian delegation on Thursday, Safadi underlined that Jordan, under the leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah, will remain supportive of Palestinians until they achieve their legitimate rights on their national soil, and on top of that is the establishment of an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.
“We in the Lower House have taken it upon ourselves, in all forums, to place the Palestinian cause at the top of our agenda,” Safadi underscored. He called for coordinating joint efforts to end injustice against the Palestinian people and support their steadfastness.
For their part, members of the Palestinian delegation lauded Jordan’s firm stances under the leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah, the first defender of the rights of the Palestinian people, in all regional and international forums.
The meeting saw the agreement on mechanisms for joint cooperation in defending the rights of the Palestinian people and arrangements for launching a campaign within the Jordanian Parliament to support Palestine.
The meeting was attended by head of the “Recognition of the State of Palestine” Campaign, Ahmad Tamimi, the President of the Palestinian National Council, and members of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
The delegation explained that the campaign, launched by the PLO, targets world parliaments, academics and civil society institutions to urge the world to recognize the State of Palestine, based on the speech of Palestine delivered by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the 77th session of the United Nations.
The Palestinian delegation included member of the PLO Central Council, Abdullah Abdullah, and the Director General of the PLO Human Rights Department, and the campaign’s general coordinator, Qasem Awad, in the presence of First Deputy Speaker, MP Ahmad Khalayleh, MP Khalil Attia, MP Ali Tarawneh, MP Yazan Shdeifat, MP Talal Nsour and MP Taiseer Krieshan.
The meeting was held in coordination with MP Khalil Attia.
Source: Jordan News Agency