Jordan ends its work with the remnants of the Al-Baqoura and the immersion of the peace agreement with Israel

The Jordanian monarch King Abdullah II announced yesterday the end of Al-Ba'qura and the immersion in the peace agreement with Israel,

Signed between them in 1994, and to inform the latter officially.

The king said in a series of tweets on his official Twitter account that "Al-Ba'qura and immersion have always been our top priority, and our decision is to end the Al-Ba'qura and the immersion of the peace agreement, out of our concern to take all that is necessary for Jordan and the Jordanians."

He added that: "Israel was informed today of the Jordanian decision to end the work of annexes."

King Abdullah II stressed that "Al-Ba'qura and Jordanian lands are flooded, and will remain Jordanian, and we exercise full sovereignty over our Jordanian territory."

"Our priority in such difficult regional circumstances is to protect our interests and to do everything necessary for Jordan and the Jordanians," he said.

King Abdullah II's declaration was widely supported in Jordan, expressed on social networks.

The Jordanian government had to return to the Al-Baqoura and Al-Ghamr areas on the border a few days to inform the Israeli authorities that they did not want to renew the land agreement.

One of the terms of the Wadi Araba peace agreement between Jordan and Israel states that "either party may not renew the agreement, provided that the other party is notified before the end of the period by one year." Accordingly, under this item, the government can inform the Israeli side that it does not wish to renew it by the 26th of this month. If otherwise, the agreement will be extended automatically for 25 years.

Popular events and parties have called on the government to restore the land of the Baqoura and immersion from Israel, and not renew the agreement with them. Al-Bakhoura is a Jordanian border town located east of the Jordan River within the Northern Jordan Valley Brigade of the Irbid Governorate, with a total area of ​​6,000 dunums. Inundation is a Jordanian border area located within Aqaba Governorate, south of the Dead Sea. It covers an area of ​​four square kilometers, five kilometers along the border and contains agricultural land.