Washington, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, traveled to the United Kingdom, Israel, Jordan, and Greece as part of a bipartisan Senate delegation. The Senators met with officials in each country to assess the impacts of U.S. foreign aid to Jordan and Israel and the ability of U.S. support to achieve stability in the Middle East.
The Senators participated in bilateral meetings with heads of State and senior government officials including British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein and Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan, and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Senator Coons was joined by U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Bill Cassidy (R-Louis.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.).
“It was useful for me to listen to how we can best advance the interests and values we share with the countries we visited,” said Senator Coons. “I’m eager to work with members of the strong bipartisan Senate delegation to turn what we learned in these meetings into action back here in Congress. I am committed to ensuring that our allies in Europe and the Middle East maintain their security and grow their economies.”
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