AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi on Monday warned of the severity of the ongoing regional escalation and condemned Iranian attacks on the Kingdom and Gulf countries.

 

Safadi held separate calls with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, Bosnia and Herzegovina Foreign Minister Elmedin Konaković, and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov to discuss the escalation and de-escalation prospects.

 

The discussions also focused on restoring calm and advancing diplomacy as a path to security and stability, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.

 

Safadi also reiterated the Kingdom’s condemnation of Iranian attacks against Jordan and fellow Gulf Arab states, rejecting them as an unjustified escalation and a flagrant violation of international law and state sovereignty.

 

He also reiterated that Jordan and its Arab partners would take all necessary and available measures to safeguard their citizens, security, stability and sovereignty.

 

Safadi also discussed the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, stressing the need for coordinated efforts to end the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, prevent Israel from annexing the West Bank, and preserve prospects for a just peace. He called for the full implementation of all provisions of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan.

 

He also condemned Israel’s continued closure of the Al Aqsa Mosque and restrictions on worshippers, describing them as a blatant violation of freedom of worship and urging the international community to take effective action to stop these measures.

 

The foreign ministers expressed their solidarity with the Kingdom in confronting the attacks and underscored the importance of diplomacy as a means to restore stability.