Patriarch Theophilos: King Abdullah highlighted to the UN Jordan's commitment to the Holy Land and Christians in Jerusalemtranslated

The importance of the speech of King Abdullah II of Jordan before the 81st General Assembly of the United Nations Organization, with special reference to Jerusalem, the Holy Land and the protection of the Christian presence, was underlined by the Patriarch of Jerusalem His Excellency. Theophilos III. As stated in the official press release from the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, His Beatitude emphasized that the Jordanian monarch's installation sent a clear message in favor of peace, justice and human dignity, while confirming Jordan's firm position on Jerusalem, its holy pilgrimages and its people. The placement of the Patriarch Mr. Theophilou III comes one day after King Abdullah II's speech at the UN General Assembly, where the Jordanian monarch presented his country's basic positions on military conflicts and humanitarian crises, giving particular importance to the situation in Gaza and the West Bank, but also to the protection of Muslim and Christian holy pilgrimages in Jerusalem.

At the heart of his speech was the need for a just and stable peace, while King Abdullah II referred extensively to Gaza, on…