President Biden is set to visit the Middle East, including Israel and Jordan, to demonstrate strong support for Israel amid escalating tensions
In a significant development, US President Joe Biden, who was set to visit Middle East, including Israel and Jordan to show US’s full support to Israel amid ongoing crisis in Israel, has cancelled his Jordan visit owing to escalating war scenario, White House announced.
The primary objective of his visit is to engage with both Israeli and Arab leadership as concerns rise over the Israel-Hamas conflict potentially escalating into a more extensive regional crisis.
The White House has confirmed that the Jordan portion of US President Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle East has been cancelled, media reports said. He was supposed to hold a summit in Amman on Wednesday with the leaders of Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority, but Jordan announced that it was scrapping the meeting following the bombing of a Gaza City hospital that killed hundreds, The Times of Israel reported.
Israel has said an errant Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket was responsible for the blast but much of the Arab world had blamed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
A White House official in a statement said that the decision to scrap the Amman summit was made after Biden consulted with Jordan’s King Abdullah «and in light of the days of mourning announced by» Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas following the hospital blast, The Times of Israel reported.
