The Senate’s Arab, International and Expatriate Affairs Committee, headed by Senator Hani Mulqi, met Tuesday with a delegation of Conservative and Labor candidates in upcoming British parliamentary elections.
Mulqi reviewed key national issues and priorities, including the Palestinian issue, and the Kingdom’s advocacy for ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the two-state solution and the establishment of a viable Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967.
He also pointed to Jordan’s role as a host of refugees, urging the international community to live up to its pledges to the Kingdom to enable it to continue its humanitarian role towards the refugees.
Mulqi also spoke about human rights in Jordan, which has has been a voice of peace and coexistence and plays a pivotal role in regional stability.
The British candidates also met the Lower House’s Foreign Affairs Committee, whose head, MP Khaldoun Hena, reaffirmed the strong Anglo-Jordanian relations at various levels, urging closer parliamentary ties.
Hena spoke about Jordan’s regional role as a moderate country, referring to its position in defending the Palestinian cause and supporting the two-state solution, as well as the Hashemite Custodianship over Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem.
Source: Jordan News Agency