U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Jordan’s King Abdullah II for talks Monday at the White House with the situation in Gaza likely high on the agenda.
Abdullah met last week with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Amman, where they discussed efforts to reach a cease-fire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, as well as Jordanian efforts to get more humanitarian aid into Gaza and to find long-term peace in the region with a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
Biden and Abdullah covered similar ground in a February meeting at the White House.
Nearly a month ago, Biden and Abdullah consulted by telephone following Iran’s massive aerial attack targeting Israel, which the White House said, “also threatened Jordan and the Jordanian people.”
