Jordan, Egypt leaders urge reducing tension in region

AMMAN, King Abdullah II of Jordan and Egypt's President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi have called for the need of making utmost efforts to decrease tension in the region and reach a lull. The two sided on Tuesday, during a telephone call, reiterated the importance of reaching an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip and putting an end to its humanitarian disaster, Jordan's royal court said in a press release. They also underlined the need of finding a political perspective for a fair and comprehensive peace based on the two-state solution that ensures the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in line with 4 June 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, according to the statement. Source : Kuwait News Agency