AMMAN (Dispatches) – The Zionist regime’s president Isaac Herzog has revealed he met King Abdullah II of Jordan in Amman, an unannounced meeting held against the backdrop of ‘improving ties’ between the two sides.
“Last week I met and had a very long conversation with the king of Jordan, I was in his palace, an entire evening. It was an excellent meeting,” Herzog said in clips from an interview broadcast on Saturday on Israeli television.
“Jordan is a very important country. I have immense respect for King Abdullah, a great leader and a highly significant regional actor,” Herzog said in a statement issued by his office
The meeting took place at King Abdullah’s palace, with the two discussing a series of political and economic issues including energy and sustainability, according to the statement.
It spoke of a “warm meeting, held at the king’s invitation”, during which the two discussed “deep strategic issues”.
Jordan and Egypt are the only two countries bordering the occupied territories to have signed so-called peace treaties with it.
Relations between the Zionist regime and Jordan deteriorated under the premiership of Benjamin Netanyahu, whom critics accused of neglecting the Hashemite kingdom in favor of agreeing to normalize ties last year with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.
Relations have also been strained over tensions at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Al-Quds, and the Zionist regime’s expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.