STORY: Jordan FM meets Brazilian counterpart
SHOOTING TIME: March 18, 2024
DATELINE: March 19, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:42
LOCATION: Amman
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the meeting between Jordan FM and his Brazilian counterpart
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AYMAN SAFADI, Jordanian Foreign Minister
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MAURO VIEIRA, Brazilian Foreign Minister

STORYLINE:

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi met with his Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira in Amman, the capital of Jordan, on Monday.

At a press conference after their talks, Safadi called on Israel to end its aggression against Gaza.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AYMAN SAFADI, Jordanian Foreign Minister
"The Israeli war against Gaza is an aggression that flouts all international laws, and during which Israel is committing war crimes for which those responsible must face justice after more than five months of this aggression. We reject any attempt to justify it. The killing of innocents is not self-defense. The killing of more than 12,000 Palestinian children is not self-defense. The destruction of an entire society cannot be justified in any way and cannot be accepted as self-defense. Starving children to death and taking more than two million Palestinians hostages is a humanitarian crime driven by extremist ideology and inhuman racism, which is evident daily in the actions, statements and positions of the Israeli prime minister and the extremist racist ministers in this government."

For his part, Vieira reiterated the call for an immediate ceasefire, humanitarian aid access to Gaza, and the swift release of hostages.

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MAURO VIEIRA, Brazilian Foreign Minister
"The current humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is unbearable. This proportionate and unjustified Israeli reaction constitutes one of the most tragic episodes of this conflict. I reiterated our call for an immediate ceasefire and the continued provision of essential humanitarian assistance to Gaza, through all viable channels as well as the release of all remaining hostages as quickly as possible."

On the same day, King Abdullah II of Jordan warned that the ongoing conflict in Gaza will have catastrophic repercussions on the entire region during his meeting with Vieira.

He called for an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza, the protection of civilians, and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip through all possible means.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Amman.
(XHTV)