A tripartite Palestinian-Egyptian-Jordanian summit is expected to be held soon to coordinate positions ahead of President Mahmoud Abbas's trip to the United Nations, announced Azzam al-Ahmad, member of Fatah Central Committee.
Ahmad, also a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said that the summit would likely be in Cairo, stressing the Palestinian leadership's need for continuous coordination with Egypt and Jordan.
The Palestinians have been working with Egypt and Jordan for many months to develop a plan that enjoys Arab and US support to launch a new political process in the region that leads to direct negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
The coordination began before US President Joe Biden came to power and continued after he assumed office, but it intensified after the Gaza Strip war.
The US administration aims to find a comprehensive solution based on the two-state solution, not just a partial solution in the Strip.
The Palestinian leadership seeks to engage in a political process under the supervision of the International Quartet.
Ahmad stressed the need to coordinate and unify positions with Arab and Islamic countries and said that talks already started to hold an Arab summit headed by Algeria.
He said that the US administration must exert real pressure on Israel, whose prime minister has declared before his trip to Washington that he does not agree to create a Palestinian state and that he will continue with settlements construction.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) does not accept that Washington manages the peace process alone, now or in the future, added Ahmad.
Sources in the PA confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat that the president is open to ending all disputes with the Arab countries. He previously agreed with Jordan's King Abdullah and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to create a new atmosphere.
The Authority's relationship with regional countries, including the Gulf states, was affected by the divergence of positions on internal Palestinian issues, the relationship with the old US administration, and normalization with Israel.
The PA is counting on the US administration to advance a new peace process in the region.
Abbas is expected to deliver his annual address to the United Nations General Assembly.
He will present a political initiative for peacemaking that includes a vision for progress, including providing international protection for the Palestinian people and ending Israeli violations.
