King receives call from Saudi crown prince

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday received a call from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz, who is also the prime minister of Saudi Arabia.

The phone call covered the deep-rooted ties between the two countries and peoples, as well as the dangerous developments in the region, especially the catastrophic situation in Gaza, according to a Royal Court statement.

His Majesty expressed pride in Jordanian-Saudi relations, stressing keenness to enhance them in all fields.

The King reiterated the need to create a political horizon for the Palestinian issue on the basis of the two-state solution, guaranteeing the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 4 June 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital, the statement said.