Gemayel Holds Talks with Jordan's King in Amman

Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel held talks Thursday with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Amman, a party statement said.

The meeting tackled “the region's affairs and the challenges it is going through,” it said.

It was also “an occasion to stress the need to back moderation in the face of extremism and to protect minorities in general and Christians in particular in the countries where they are being persecuted,” the statement added.

Militants from the Islamic State extremist group, which has seized vast swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria, have been waging a campaign against minorities in both countries.

The extremist group gave Christians a choice between converting to Islam or persecution, sparking mass exodus in Iraq, especially in the city of Mosul.

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