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JORDAN, MOROCCO AND EGYPT TO ATTEND BAHRAIN WORKSHOP
Despite Palestinian boycott of the workshop, key Arab-states announced they will attend the event.
BY SETH J. FRANTZMAN JUNE 12, 2019 04:40
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Jordan, Morocco and Egypt to attend Bahrain workshop
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (front R) arrives with Arab leaders Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (front L), Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain, and Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Governor of Makkah Region, at the opening of the Mohamed Najib military base. (photo credit: THE EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
Jordan, Egypt and Morocco will join Saudi Arabia and Gulf States at a Bahrain summit on June 25-26 aimed at supporting the Palestinian economy, reports indicated on Wednesday. The meeting has been boycotted by the Palestinian Authority because it is thought to form the foundation for the Trump administration’s “Deal of the Century.”
The Kingdom of Jordan is attending so as not to be left out of the important discussions. It also appears to have decided to attend because of the growing consensus in the region on the conference. Although Iran has harshly opposed Bahrain hosting the event, accusing Saudi Arabia and Bahrain of being traitors involved in a US “plot,” Riyadh’s stature has added legitimacy to the event. It comes in the wake of three successful summits in Mecca in late May that paid some lip service to supporting the Palestinians, but also dovetailed with Washington’s line on Iranian threats.
Jordan has been consistently opposed to any change in the peace process, supporting the creation of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. It has condemned the US recognition of Jerusalem and moving the embassy last year, and has reiterated its role as custodian of the Islamic and Christian holy sites.
King Abdullah was frequently in contact with the Trump administration in 2017 over concerns about US policy changes on the peace process. In Manama in October 2018, Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said that a one-state solution would be a “moral disaster.” Jordan was also indirectly critical of Oman’s recent opening to Israel, both in Manama and at a Dead Sea World Economic Forum confab on April 7.
But the kingdom hosted Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner in late May, when he and Mideast negotiator Jason Greenblatt flew to Morocco and then Jordan on their way to Israel.
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I guess someone who has such "brothers" does not need enemies any more...
I hope that Kuwait, Oman, maybe even Qatar are not attending.
Sudan, Algeria, Tunisia and Yemen, should be definitely out.
(Opportunism seems high in the agenda of the Moroccans those days. Same for Egypt; they did not even get Storm Shadow missiles, but should be good enough to support such a deal. Laughable…and sad on the other hand)