AMMAN, Feb 26 — Jordan’s King Abdullah told US President Joe Biden’s top Middle East advisor attending an Israeli-Palestinian meeting today that efforts should be intensified to bring "calm and reduce escalation” in Palestinian territories, state media reported.

Brett McGurk attended the meeting in the Red Sea port of Aqaba hosted by Jordan that brought together Israeli and Palestinian security chiefs together for the first time in many years, along with representatives of key regional parties. — Reuters