The President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, visited Jordan today, where she was received by King Abdullah II.
The two leaders discussed the situation in the Middle East and the joint efforts towards a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages in line with Resolution 2735, stressing the need for a political process leading to a two-state solution.
President Meloni expressed Italy’s appreciation for the role Jordan has played in delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza, also as part of the ‘Food for Gaza’ initiative, and discussed the ‘Gaza humanitarian gateway’ initiative being promoted by King Abdullah II to improve humanitarian access to the Strip, whose content and urgency she shared.
Recalling the meeting on the Syrian refugee crisis held by Italy in the margins of the Med9 Summit on 11 October, which was also attended by Cypriot President Christodoulides and European Commission President von der Leyen as well as by the Hashemite King himself, the two leaders agreed to continue working in close coordination in order to foster effective and concrete responses to this dramatic emergency.