abdullah abdullah, chief executive officer of the afghan unity government. do he and president ghani have a coherent plan for rescuing afghanistan? abdullah welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let's start with this declaration of a ceasefire from your government. unconditional for the first time, albeit lasting for only roughly two weeks. what does it mean? a few days ago, in a conference of afghani ulemas, or clerics, they requested the government of afghanistan as well as the taliban to announce ceasefire throughout the last week of ramadan and also during the period of eid. the announcement by president ghani is a response to that call. that very conference you're talking about with the scholars and the academics was attacked. u nfortu nately, yes. there was a suicide bomb. that, i suppose, was a signal that as far as the militants are concerned, including the taliban, there appears no interest in responding in kind. the question is, what happens if the taliban at launch a major attack on kabul or another population centre during this supposed unconditional ceasefire? there is no doubt that unfortunately the taliban have shown a lack of re

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the unity government has not achieved anything abdullah abdullah is it any wonder the people afghanistan have so little faith in their politicians with all the squabbling last november there were opinion polls from the asia foundation which showed that members of parliament and ministers in the parliament as a whole receive the lowest levels of confidence. from the people in the thirty to thirty six percent range compared to the religious leaders and even the press which received almost double the levels of confidence from people at the these will be judged in a store amana when the people go to the polling stations and our focus in that's my emphasis our focus has to be on credible include the ability of elections to happening parliamentary elections in the district council elections and also presidential candidates and almost forty percent of the ip was want to leave the country note that says that if they want to leave there was a poll who would be here it's not that easy it's a considerable number of being turned away by the european union if they managed to make it at the same time

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abdullah has refused to be a part of this king abdullah was someone to riyadh just before that all i see. organization of islamic cooperation summit in istanbul. and riyadh was someone that he had and was as not to go to the summit and he went actually from riyadh straight to istanbul and open defiance to the regional pressure on the issue of jerusalem and he maintained his position that jerusalem will not compromising control rosalynn we will always maintain our position on that so i think jordan which traditionally by the way was always part of this. moderate alliance the prologue with pro-american alliance but we started to see these differences appear on the jordan position especially on jerusalem and the ultimate position we have seen actually the. saudi and the investment in jerusalem. the last three years actually the saudis subsidy of one hundred million one hundred eighty million dollars were not paid for jordan and there's also what's called the oil a grant from saudi arabia that also joe daniels to receive in the past has not been received either so the jordan not subscribing to this ultimate deal of alliance stories. the politics of the region. in jerusalem has definitely caused jordan you know this issue and that's why i call it the jewel impacts the jordan is of players playing for the moment ok before i bring back lomis into the conversation and ask you about you know how the king should be handling this external pressure and also the internal pressure i want to bring back rami quickly from beirut and particularly this you know if the various reports ought to be believe me it would seem that jordan's role as an interlocutor between you know the gulf states and israel has diminished because some of these gulf states. are not directly dealing with these rallies even if it's you know discreetly they are directly dealing with them do you think jordan still has its or teaching value then for this week is for instance jordan's role as a custodian of the holy sites in jerusalem at risk now because of what's happening in this region. the role of jordan as custodian of the holy sites is important for jordan and for some palestinians and others but it's not a major regional strategic element the people in the gulf and other places don't really focus on that at all historically and when i say historically i don't mean just in the last fifty years i mean since the early bronze age since three thousand b.c. jordan has always survived by finding its place among the big regional powers many of whom are aggressive whether it was babylon and bisan by sente him or and israel today wherever it is they've always been able to find their niche and try to be friends with everybody and be a safe haven and there's a border zone that's important for trade among other things that role is increasingly under jeopardy today because people don't particularly need the buffer that jordan provides because all of the big countries in the region iran syria turkey israel iraq so to arabia they all feel they can take care of themselves so there is a strategic change happening in jordan's regional role and its ability to to parlay its own strengths to a strategic geography into political relationships and this is where the king in jordan is really a challenge now to reconsider how best jordan can protect itself and the main answer to that is to have the strategic allegiance of his own people in the support of his own people i think he understands that in his bones his father certainly did but trying to do that while at the same time having enough money to pay or bureaucrats and your soldiers and your schoolteachers that's the great challenge that abdullah faces in jordan today ok let me give lamb is the last word so let me is how does king abdullah deal with this dual challenge the external pressure of regional powers and the internal pressure how does he deal with the crisis. actually yeah first of all people are not totally buying vigils arisen and tax people are aware of the pressure i can't speak on behalf of many but i do go to the protests and are aware of the tremendous pressure on jordan but the crisis has not just started now the economy crisis started in two thousand and eleven and there were many many chances for the government to prove that it's accountable to find alternatives to present to the i.m.f. and alternative plan in order to increase production and because they are productive just. the their revenues and it didn't start with the saudis and and the interests pressure in jordan and people are aware of that and we resent that the third thing is that we all forget that jordan has been accelerating its normalization wi

abdullah has refused to be part of this king abdullah was someone to riyadh just before the fall i see. of islamic cooperation summit in istanbul in riyadh was someone that we had on was as not the goal of this summit and he went actually from riyadh still it was the ball in an open defiance to the regional pressure on the issue of jerusalem and he maintained his position that jerusalem we have not compromising controls on them we will always meant in our position on that so i think jordan which traditionally by the way was always. of this. alliance the pool with pro america alliance but we started to see these differences appear on the jordan position especially on jerusalem the ultimate position we have seen actually the. saudi and the investment in jerusalem. the last three years actually the saudi subsidy of one hundred million one hundred eighty million dollars were not for jordan and there is also what's called the only grant from saudi arabia that also jordan used to receive in the past has not been busy you've either saw the jordan not subscribing to this altima deal or lion story ship the politics of the region and provides in jerusalem has definitely caused jordan you know this issue that's why i call it the impacts the jordan is a players playing for the moment ok before i bring back lamis into the conversation and ask you about you know how the king should be handling this external pressure and also the internal pressure i want to bring back romney quickly from beirut on and particularly this you know if the various reports ought to be believed it would seem that jordan's role as an interlocutor between you know the gulf states and israel has diminished because some of these gulf states are not directly dealing with these rallies even if it's you know discreetly they are directly dealing with them do you think jordan still has a value then for this week for instance jordan's role as a custodian of the holy sites in jerusalem at risk now because of what's happening in this region. the role of jordan as custodian of the holy sites is important for jordan and for some palestinians and others but it's not a major regional strategic element the people in the gulf and other places don't really focus on that at all historically and when i say historically i don't mean just in the last fifty years i mean since the early bronze age since three thousand b.c. jordan has always survived by finding its place among the big regional powers many of whom are aggressive whether it was babylon and bisan by sente him or in israel today wherever it is they've always been able to find their niche and try to be friends with everybody and be a safe haven and there's been a border zone that's important for trade among other things that role is increasingly under jeopardy today because people don't particularly need the buffer that jordan provides because all of the big countries in the region iran syria turkey israel iraq so to arabia they all feel they can take care of themselves so there is a strategic change happening in jordan's regional role and its ability to to parlay its own struck strategic geography into political relationships and this is where the king in jordan is really a challenge now to reconsider how best jordan can protect itself and the main answer to that is to have the strategic allegiance of his own people in the support of his own people i think he understands that in his bones his father certainly did but trying to do that while at the same time having enough money to pay or bureaucrats and your soldiers and your school teachers that's the great challenge that abdullah faces in jordan today ok let me give the last word so let me is how does king abdullah deal with this dual challenge the external pressure of regional powers and the internal pressure how does he deal with the crisis. first of all people.

abdullah has refused to be part of this king abdullah was someone to riyadh just before the fall i see. of islamic cooperation summit in istanbul in riyadh was someone that we had on was as not to go to the summit and he went actually from riyadh there to istanbul in an open defiance to the regional pressure on the issue of jerusalem and he maintained his position that jerusalem we have not compromising on jerusalem we will always meant in our position on that so i think jordan which traditionally by the way was always. of this. alliance the pool with pro america alliance but we started to see these differences appear on the jordan position especially on jerusalem the ultimate deal position we have seen actually the. saudi and the investment in jerusalem. the last three years actually the saudis subsidy of one hundred million one hundred eighty million dollars were not for jordan and there is also what's called the oil a grant from saudi arabia that also jordan used to receive in the past has not been busy you've either saw the jordan not subscribing to this altima deal or lion story ship the politics of the region and provides in jerusalem has definitely caused jordan you know this issue and that's why i call it the impacts the jordan is a players playing for the moment ok before i bring back lomis into the conversation and ask you about you know how the king should be handling this external pressure and also the internal pressure i want to bring back romney quickly from beirut on and particularly this you know if the various reports ought to be believed it would seem that jordan's role as an interlocutor between you know the gulf states and israel has diminished because some of these gulf states are not directly dealing with these rallies even if it's you know discreetly they are directly dealing with them do you think jordan still has a value then for this weekend for instance jordan's role as a custodian of the holy sites in jerusalem at risk now because of what's happening in this region. the role of jordan as custodian of the holy sites is important for jordan and for some palestinians and others but it's not a major regional strategic element the people in the gulf and other places don't really focus on that at all historically and when i say historically i don't mean just in the last fifty years i mean since the early bronze age since three thousand b.c. jordan has always survived by finding its place among the big regional powers many of whom are aggressive whether it was babylon and bisan by sente him or and israel today wherever it is they've always been able to find their niche and try to be friends with everybody and be a safe haven and there's a border zone that's important for trade among other things that role is increasingly under jeopardy today because people don't particularly need the buffer that jordan provides because all of the big countries in the region iran syria turkey israel iraq so to arabia they all feel they can take care of themselves so there is a strategic change happening in jordan's regional role and its ability to to parlay its own structure of strategic geography into political relationships and this is where the king in jordan is really a challenge now to reconsider how best jordan can protect itself and the main answer to that is to have the strategic allegiance of his own people in the support of his own people i think he understands that in his bones his father certainly did but trying to do that while at the same time having enough money to pay or bureaucrats and your soldiers and your school teachers that's the great challenge that abdullah faces in jordan today ok let me give the last word so let me is how does king abdullah deal with this dual challenge the external pressure of regional powers and the internal pressure how does he deal with the costs. actually yeah first of all people are not totally buying vegies arisen and tax people are aware of the pressure i can't speak on behalf of many but i do go to the protests and are aware of the tremendous pressure on jordan but the crisis has not just started now the economy crisis started in two thousand and eleven and there were many many chances for the government to prove that it is accountable to find alternatives to present to the i.m.f. an alternative plan in order to increase production and productive just. the their revenues and it didn't start with the saudis and and the interest pressure in jordan and people are aware of that and we resent that the third thing is that we all forget that jordan has been accelerating its normalization with israel if you go to the

king abdullah has refused to be part of this king abdullah was someone to riyadh just before the fall i see. of islamic cooperation summit in istanbul in riyadh was someone that we had on was as not the goal of this summit and he went actually from riyadh still it was the ball in an open defiance to the regional pressure on the issue of jerusalem and he maintained his position that jerusalem we have not compromising on jerusalem we will.

abdullah met as he pulls up in the s.u.v., met with jared kushner. jason greenblat in jordan about the prospect of piece. the president shaking hands with king abdullah there. let's listen in. >> dana: that is king abdullah and queen rania meeting the first lady, melania trump and president trump there with her there for their first visit to the united states since president trump became president. they will have a meeting in the oval office. we expect press coverage in the oval office meeting. we'll bring that live. lots for these two leaders to discuss from everything from the middle east piece plan and including hundreds and thousands of not just palestinian refugees over the years but of course the syrian refugees that fled to jordan to find some sort of peace. they're being held mostly in camps in jordan. >> yes. there's always the issue of the right of return of refugees to the now occupied territories as well. is that part of a peace plan or is it not? clearly isis, syria, all of that involved in the discussions. where i left off, jared kushner met with benjamin netanyahu over the weekend. they talked about a humanitarian process in gaza that will provide for israel's security. all of these are bu

abdullah is expected to ask the prime minister, hani mulki to resign. demonstrators are unhappy at a proposed tax increase and austerity measures, both backed by the international monetary fund. on friday, king abdullah freeze an increase in fuel prices. six people have been killed and at least 20 injured in guatemala after the fuego volcano erupted. thick black smoke and ash spewed into the sky from the eruption, causing around 100 people to be evacuated from their homes. la aurora international airport was forced to shut down its only runway. security is tight in portland, 0regon, where rival demonstrations are being held. the rallies are by black—clad antifascists, known as antifa, and right—wing protestors in support of donald trump. it comes nearly a year after thousands converged on the city to protest against a pro—trump rally held shortly after a fatal racially motivated stabbing. at least 48 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the coast of tunisia. 67 others were rescued by the coastguard. meanwhile, italy's new interior minister has been widely criticised after revealing plans for large—scale repatriation of illegal immigrants. matteo salvini says the country should stop being

abdullah is expected to ask the prime minister, hani mulki to resign. demonstrators are unhappy at a proposed tax increase and austerity measures, both backed by the international monetary fund. on friday, king abdullahase in fuel prices. slovenia's president has confirmed he will give the leader of the right—wing sds party, janez jansa, the chance to form a new government. the sds emerged as the largest single party in parliament after sunday's election, but mrjansa's fiercely anti—immigrant rhetoric has alienated potential allies. security is tight in portland, 0regon, where rival demonstrations are being held. the rallies are by black—clad antifascists, known as antifa, and right—wing protestors in support of donald trump. it comes nearly a year after thousands converged on the city to protest against a pro—trump rally held shortly after a fatal racially motivated stabbing. china has warned the united states that any agreements reached on trade and business between the two countries will be void if washington implements new tariffs. last week the trump administration said it will go ahead with plans to impose 25% tariffs on $50 billion worth of goods from china. meanwhile, this weekend, finance mi

king abdullah has warned that his country is at a crossroads of the demonstrations in amman and other parts of the country since last week against i.m.f. backed austerity measures jordan's king abdullah earlier appointed a former world bank economist as prime minister after honey resigned in a failed move to end demonstrations. rescuers in guatemala is searching for survivors after sunday's volcanic eruption while somalia's national forensic sciences institute says at least sixty two people have died the country's disaster agency says two million people have been affected by the massive explosion is the most violent eruption of the way go volcano in more than forty years it is really. the. middle of the rainy season here everything is washing clean and yet they're on the ropes for the for you ok don't think it's is actually already everything is progressing. through there i think we're going to differ on that there's a lot of right now trying to get reclear to allow some of the markets to be equal to get a little bit closer to the epicenter of why there's been i wage in the u.s. over a tweet from donald trump u.s. president posted that he has a right to pardon himself from any charge

abdullah search president trump to move cautiously particularly after the administration moved the u.s. embassy in from tel aviv to jerusalem and the resulting violence king abdullah of jordan is very concerned about what the peace plan may actually bring about. not only in israel and the west bank and gaza, but also his own kingdom as well. the details of this plan are not well known. it's been kept very, very close to a handful of people in washington. but there is concern among people in jordan that it will be heavily tilted towards the israelis, palestinians of course they're not talking to the trump administration following the embassy move. there is concern that we could be violent or even a further break down in the relationship between the palestinians and israelis on security matters and even the trump administration a lot of concerns. of course the concern here is sort of always present in all things that have been here. we'll have to wait to see what the details are. a better sense after paying a bill as many with president trump in the next couple days and weeks about what exactly the peace plan will look like. >> at many of details for it. thank you very much. >> rebecca heinrich from a senior fellow at the hudson institute. foreign policy adviser to former arizona representative teresa franks. rebecca, but talk about the plan and significance of king abdullah'svisit in this is a critical american ally. what can we expect? >> you know, jordan has got some concerns obviously about the u.s. embassy to jerusalem and wants to make sure that jordan still is a custodian of the muslim holy sites still in jerusalem. in the broader scheme of things, jordan is one of the united states strongest allies united states strongest allies. king abdullah staunchly pro-american, has a good relationship with president trump. that kind of context including turkey and qatar commit to other countries where the u.s. has a strong military presence. those two countries have shown preferences moving toward a closer relationship with russia, and in so the united states is looking for closer allies in the region where they can have greater military cooperation in jordan. this meeting is really important for a number of reasons. >> his involvement in a possible solution. as connor just told us, not many details coming out about the plan. would you expect it will show? wha

been abdullah advantage a senior member of the ruling family but with no role in government it gave rise to speculation and rumors about his alleged aspirations for power but months later chef abdullah appeared in a video to announce that he was being held against his will inside the palace in the united arab emirates at the request of mohammed saeed the crown prince of abu dhabi. in a similarly desperate move saudi funded and hired a newspaper featured on its first page a nonexistent family dissident whom it gave the name sowed but using financial incentives and promises of influence the saudis also try to buy the allegiance of certain tribes that straddle the border with qatar but qatari say that process to undermine their leadership had the opposite effect can talk bottom and raw they expected us to support the blockade on our country to give up soon to stand against our own government but none of that happened of course as you see we stand behind our emir and we are more united than before the last sort of accius axially and their plot has backfired because it doesn't make sense for us to undermine our own country we support our enemy in every step that he takes their meals port

abdullah has asked to meet with the prime minister on monday. and cnn is following the problem. good to see you jomana. what is the latest on these protests, and how likely is it that king abdullah will ask his prime minister to resign? >> that's the speculation right now, rosemary, that we heard late last night that the king had asked for the -- he had summoned the prime minister for a meeting today. the speculation has been that he is going to ask him to resign. the ball is in the court of the ultimate decision maker in jordan, and that is king abdullah. is he going to move in the direction of meeting the demands of these protesters? there have been several demands, but the two key calls from the protests have been for the sacking of the prime minister in this current government, and also for withdrawing this income tax law bill. this tax law, rosemary, they want to widen the tax base. they want to increase the tax brackets, and they're going to penalize people who do not pay tax in jordan. just t put this context, right now according to the government, only about 3% of jordanians do pay income tax. but this tax bill has really been -- what has triggered these protests. but anger and frustration with the economic situation is something that has been building for a listening tile. this is a country where the cost of living has continued to go up over recent years, yet wages of the people have not really changed. this is a country of very few resources. it is very reliant on foreign aid, aid from gulf countries, for example, and they'v