AMMAN, Oct 17 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan, on Wednesday, denied Israeli media reports that, Jordan had agreed to renew an agreement which leases part of the kingdom’s lands to Israel.
Jordanian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Sufian Qudah, said, Jordan did not agree to renew or extend this agreement with Israel, according to a foreign ministry statement.
Last year’s decision to terminate the deal was final, Qudah added.
In Oct, 2018, Jordan officially informed Israel of its decision not to renew an agreement that leases part of its lands to Israel.
Also last year, King Abdullah II said, Jordan will terminate Israel’s “annexation” of Baqoura and Ghumar, under the Jordan-Israel peace treaty in 1994.
Reclaiming Baqoura and Ghumar is on Jordan’s top agenda, the Jordanian king said on his Twitter account.
Under the 1994 peace treaty with Israel, Jordan has the right not to renew the agreement that leases areas in Baqoura and Ghumar to Israeli farmers.– NNN-PETRA
