Trump's Peace Envoys Meet Jordanian King Day After He Hosted Netanyahu Haaretz, Jan 19, 2018
A day after hosting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Amman, Jordanian King Abdullah met on Tuesday with Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, and Jason Greenblatt, Trump's special envoy to the Middle East peace process.
The meeting is part of a week-long trip by Kushner and Greenblatt to the region, which is focused on finalizing the Trump administration's peace plan and promoting economic projects in Gaza.
The fact that Kushner and Greenblatt arrived to Amman a day after Netanyahu visited Abdullah there for the first time since 2016 will likely be interpreted as a sign of Jordan's role in the promotion of the upcoming American peace plan.
Kushner and Greenblatt's Mideast trip will include stops in Israel, Egypt, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. This will be the envoys' second visit to the region in a month, after they briefly visited Israel last month to attend the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.
The Trump administration is trying to convince the Arab monarchies in the Gulf to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in economic projects in the Gaza Strip, in an attempt to calm the security situation there and generate momentum before the White House presents its Middle East peace plan. The trip to the Middle East is partly meant to garner support for the projects.
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