“It was noted that the traditionally strong friendship between Italy and Jordan will be able to contribute to addressing the complex challenges currently underway in the region.”
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has control of the West Bank while militant group Hamas, which attacked Israel sparking Israeli retribution, is in control of the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, President Sergio Mattarella said on Monday the Middle East is in flames due to the “cowardly” Hamas attack on Israel last Saturday.
“The Middle East is again in flames, because of the cowardly attack that has already succeeded in elevating to unprecedented levels the spiral of horror and violence,” he said at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome in a speech marking World Food Day.
“We are witnessing a worrying increase in international tensions, and a widening of the fault lines between countries and between regions of the world, and a return to imperialistic attitudes and nationalisms,” Mattarella went on.
Referring to Russia’s use of grain as blackmail in the Ukraine war, Mattarella also said that it was a “crime to use food and water as means of war”, a nod in the direction of Israel who is denying the citizens of Gaza food, water and fuel.
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