OREANDA-NEWS. August 12, 2010.  A telephone conversation between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Nasser Judeh, took place at his initiative.

During the conversation certain aspects of Russian-Jordanian relations in the political, trade, economic and humanitarian fields were discussed. Noting the successful advancement of bilateral cooperation, the parties agreed on a number of concrete steps to further expand the mutually beneficial collaboration between the two countries.

In addition, considerable attention was paid to the current situation in the Middle East, particularly the role of the Middle East Quartet of international mediators in restoring the peace process and the need to move from the current proximity phase to direct Palestinian-Israeli talks to discuss all the final status issues, including East Jerusalem.