Jordan's King Abdullah II told US President George W. Bush's adviser, Gerhard Kouchner, that his country is committed to the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, within the framework of the so-called two-state solution.
Kouchner arrived in Amman on Wednesday for a tour expected to lead him to Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, accompanied by the Middle East Special Envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt.
Kouchner met with King Abdullah II in Amman and discussed with him the peace process, the Royal Court said in a statement.
The King assured Kouchner of the need for a just peace and the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The King said that the King stressed "the need to achieve a just and lasting peace to ensure the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the lines of June 4, 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital, living in peace and security alongside Israel."
He stressed that this should be "based on the two-state solution and in accordance with the Arab peace initiative and the relevant resolutions of international legitimacy." The king expressed a similar stance when he received the president's brother-in-law in late May in the capital.
While Arab states assert that the two-state solution is the only peace route between Israel and the Palestinians, Trump's administration rules out a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict according to this principle, which Kouchner recently said when he recently said his plan would not include a two-state solution.
During a conference in Bahrain in late June, Kouchner unveiled the economic aspect of his plan, which promises Palestinians, Jordan and Lebanon huge investments in various fields. However, the Palestinians rejected his proposals as a bribe to give up their rights.