Jordan's King Abdullah was set to ask U.S. President George W. Bush to postpone or cancel his upcoming trip to Israel, scheduled to coincide with the country's 60th anniversary in May, diplomatic sources in Amman told the London-based Arabic language newspaper al-Hayat Tuesday.
According to the report, Abdullah will advise the American president not to come to Israel unless a real agreement is struck between Israel and the Palestinians, who are in the midst of a U.S.-backed peace process.
The diplomatic sources told al Hayat that Abdullah's position has been adopted by Saudi Arabia and Egypt, who have been holding intensive talks with Abdullah over recent days ahead of the Jordanian king's visit to Washington on Wednesday. Abdullah was planning to travel to Washington for two days. The goal of this trip, sources in Jordan explained, was to assist in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and promote the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit has also visited Washington recently and met with senior U.S. government officials.
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