Netanyahu Secretly Meets Abdullah over Syria

Local Editor

"Israeli" media revealed Thursday that "Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with Jordan's King Abdullah II in Amman recently over Syria.

According to "Israeli" Public radio, as well as several local newspapers, the discussions focused on Damascus' chemical weapons stock.
Meanwhile, "Israeli" and Jordanian officials confirmed the meeting, which was first reported in the al-Quds al-Arabi daily on Wednesday.
A spokesman for Netanyahu declined to comment on the reports.

The date of the meeting has not been reported, but "Israeli" media said the meeting focused on Syria's chemical weapons stocks.
"Both sides arrived at the meeting with maps in hand," the Yediot Aharonot daily said. "Their maps marked the various sites across Syria where the weapons are being stored."

The newspaper cited Jordanian officials as saying the king and Netanyahu "raised situation assessments about the so-called "day after [Syrian President Bashar] al-Assad", and examined the danger posed by the chemical weapons in Syria to first and foremost Jordan and "Israel"."
It is worth mentioning that Syria repeatedly insisted it would never use the weapons against its own people, if it owned them.

According to the information, the meeting also touched on Jordan's attempts to kick start negotiations between "Israel" and the Palestinians, with the monarch urging Netanyahu to renew discussions directly after a general election on January 22.


Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org