The French Press Agency quoted a source close to the Saudi leadership that Riyadh had no interest in destabilizing Jordan, and that it had not demanded the release of the former Jordanian royal court, Bassem Awadallah.
After the visit of Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, who headed a Saudi delegation to Amman last week, the Saudi source told the French Agency that the visit came with the Saudi officials feeling that the Jordanian King Abdullah II “was listening to rumors from other parties, which they had to refute personally and not through the phone".
The source added that the Saudi delegation did not demand the release of Bassem Awadallah, and stressed that Riyadh "has no interest in destabilizing Jordan."
According to the French Press Agency, Saudi officials reject reports published by some Western media about their country's standing behind the public disagreement between King Abdullah II and his half-brother Prince Hamzah, stressing that such internal disputes may have dangerous effects on other monarchies in the region.
And in the name of Awadallah, he was head of the royal court and minister of planning, and he played a major role in managing the economic situation in Jordan, then he moved to Dubai and founded the "Tamouh" company, and there were reports of his links with many politicians in the Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
Bassem Awadallah was arrested with others for the purpose of interrogating them in what the Jordanian authorities said was a plot targeting Jordan's security and stability in cooperation with Prince Hamzah.
Last Thursday, a Jordanian official source denied Bassem Awadallah's release, and denied leaving the country, and the official news agency confirmed that he is still under investigation.