From London, I believe that reading the recent royal tour should not stop at the boundaries of official visits and meetings, as the scene that began in Paris carries more than one message, and more than one path, and deserves to be read in the broader regional and international context.
Paris was not just an opening station for the royal tour, but it witnessed important movements and meetings, foremost of which was the meeting between His Majesty King Abdullah II and French President Emmanuel Macron, and His Majesty's meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, and then the meeting that brought together the three leaders, which addressed supporting Lebanon, enhancing its security and stability, and sovereignty, supporting the Lebanese army, and empowering the Lebanese state to play its role.
This highlights the importance of the Jordanian role, as Lebanon's stability is not a file far from Jordan, and the security of the region cannot be divided into separate files. From this standpoint, Jordan's participation in 'Operation Aqaba' aimed at supporting the capabilities of the Lebanese army and enhancing the state's ability to assert its sovereignty and protect its security.
Syria was not far from this scene, as Jordanian movements and communications confirm that Syria's security, stability, and territorial integrity are a fundamental part of Jordanian calculations, especially since what is happening in southern Syria directly affects Jordan's security and stability.
Also in Paris, the Jordanian-French defense cooperation agreement added an important dimension to the tour, with its enhancement of defense and security cooperation and the development of Jordanian defense capabilities, at a time when the region is going through an exceptional phase that requires Jordan to maintain its national security, while expanding its network of strategic partnerships.
In parallel, the movements of the Jordanian Foreign Minister and his communications with his Syrian counterpart confirm that Jordanian diplomacy is moving on more than one track, and that Amman is following the political, security, and economic files linked to Syria, Lebanon, and the region from a perspective primarily related to Jordan's security and stability.
From my point of view, the broader picture of what is happening is that Jordan is moving in files that touch the core of regional security, from Lebanon and Syria to the Palestinian issue and Jerusalem, benefiting from its balanced relations with influential capitals and from its regional position and role.
From Paris to Prague, then the United States and New York, the royal tour appears as interconnected episodes in a broader diplomatic movement, each station with its own specificity and messages, before reaching the United Nations General Assembly, where the Jordanian voice will be present on one of the most important political platforms in the world.
This tour cannot be looked at merely as a program of meetings and visits, as politics is not only measured by what is said in conferences and statements, but also by the timing of meetings, their sequence, and the files around which capitals gather.
What happened in Paris, with its meetings about Lebanon and Syria, defense cooperation with France, and simultaneous political communications, reflects the extent of Jordanian activity in a highly sensitive regional phase, and confirms that Amman continues its presence in files that touch its national security and the security of the region.
From London with Jordanian eyes, I see that Paris may be the beginning of a larger scene, and the importance of the tour will become clearer as it moves to its second station in Prague, and then to New York, where the space of Jordanian messages expands from the regional framework to the international platform.
