Day: February 21, 2017
Egypt, Jordan stress two-state solution as key to end Mideast conflict
Source: Xinhua 2017-02-22 01:59:21 CAIRO, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) — Egyptian president and Jordanian king held talks in Cairo on Tuesday where they reiterated the two-state solution as a “fixed national principle” to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Egyptian presidential spokesman said in a statement. The meeting came a few days after U.S. President Donald Trump said in a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington that the two-state solution is not the only way to settle the dispute, which backs off U.S. commitment to sponsor it for Mideast peace. Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan …