Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has said there is an Arab-supported Egyptian plan in the works to rebuild Gaza without displacing its residents, offering an alternative to US President Trump’s Riviera of the Middle East proposal, reports Al Jazeera.
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Friday, Safadi emphasised his country is unable to take in any more Palestinian refugees, as has been proposed by Trump.
“Just to answer you unequivocally, 35 percent of our population are refugees, we cannot afford any more, we cannot have Palestinians coming to Jordan,” Safadi said.
“We are working on an Arab proposal that will show that we can rebuild Gaza without displacing its people, that we can have a plan that will guarantee security and governance,” Safadi said.
“Israelis also have to think long-term. For it to live in peace and security, its neighbours need to live in peace and security,” he added.
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