This Saturday, King Felipe VI sent a message “of peace, dialogue and reconciliation” between Israelis and Palestinians, expressing his desire for the conflict in the region to end “as soon as possible” and supporting the two-state solution, Israel and Palestine. May they live together in lasting peace. The Spanish monarch began his first official visit to Jordan this Saturday, invited by King Abdullah II, at a time of maximum tension in the region following the escalation between the Israeli Army and the Lebanese Shiite militia party Hezbollah in Lebanon and the recent Iran’s attack on Israel, to which the latter has promised to respond. In a speech before the Spanish community in Jordan, Felipe VI recalled that the conflict “took a new and especially tragic turn a year ago with the brutal and unjustifiable terrorist attack in Israel”, and that it has caused “images of unspeakable suffering and devastation.” in Gaza and which is further aggravated by its extension to Lebanon and by the even greater risks of regional escalation. The monarch has called for this escalation to end “as soon as possible.” “We must help find or recover the path to a fertile, respectful and demanding peace, which allows coexistence, good neighborliness under recognized and secure borders and the channels for economic and human development with dignity and justice.” In this sense, he has indicated that this “is the path to a sustainable solution in which the two states, Israel and Palestine, coexist in peace and security”, something that Jordan promotes with King Abdullah II and his government and whose role Spain “firmly supports.” “We long to see the end of the human drama and also the silence of the weapons, to return to the path of politics and diplomacy and, when that happens, to resume with more intensity, if possible, the efforts in pursuit of this solution of the two states, which lay the foundations for a solid and lasting peace for the Palestinian people and the Israeli people. Felipe VI has met with the Spanish community in Jordan and has asked them “to help bear witness to the fervent desire for peace” in “this time of great concern for everyone.” He also greeted the group of soldiers who maintain Spain’s presence in several Jordanian bases. “We also thank you for your indispensable work,” he stressed.
