(29 Jul 2025)
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Berlin – 29 July 2025
1. Tracking shot of King Abdullah II of Jordan being greeted by German Chancellor Friederich Merz, shaking hands
2. Wide of German and Jordanian flag
3. Zoom out of Abdullah and Merz posing for photos
4. Wide of Abdullah and Merz greeting delegation members
5. Various of Abdullah and Merz attending military honors
6. Tracking shot of Abdullah and Merz arriving for press conference
7. Close of photographer
8. SOUNDBITE (German) Friedrich Merz, German Chancellor:
"There are currently two A400M aircraft in the air as we stand here, both on their way to Jordan, where they will be equipped and refueled so that they can carry out their respective missions by the weekend, possibly even as early as tomorrow. This will be coordinated with the French and the British, and it will be possible from Jordan, also in coordination with the Israeli government and with the necessary airspace clearances."
9. Wide of conference
10. Close of photographer
11. Mid of journalist asking question
12. SOUNDBITE (German) Friedrich Merz, German Chancellor:
"This work may make only a small humanitarian contribution, but it is an important signal: we are there, we are in the region, we are helping.”
13. Mid of Abdullah and Merz
14. SOUNDBITE (English) King Abdullah II of Jordan:
"And we are very grateful for Germany’s support of airdrops. Airdrops is a drop in the ocean, as the Chancellor mentioned, but it does send a signal and pressure on Israel that we are trying the best that we can. But truck traffic needs to be started as quickly as possible in the numbers that we need to affect the people of Gaza in the right direction."
15. Wide of journalist asking question
16. Mid of Abdullah
17. Close of German federal eagle
18. SOUNDBITE (English) King Abdullah II of Jordan:
"On the airdrops, our small nation just by ourselves when it came to airdrops, we are now the third largest country in humanitarian airdrops in the world since 1948 and the Berlin airlift. So I understand that it is not the most efficient way of doing things, but it is something that we can do. But it is pressure on Israel to allow us to get not only to Gaza but also to the West Bank that is suffering also."
19. Tracking shot of Abdullah and Merz shaking hands and leaving
STORYLINE:
Jordan’s King Abdullah II arrived in Berlin Tuesday for bilateral discussions with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, including on the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
King Abdullah said that airdrops of aid to Gaza are a "drop in the ocean" but successfully "put pressure on Israel."
Merz added that airdrops make a "small humanitarian contribution."
"It is an important signal: we are there, we are in the region, we are helping," Merz said.
For the third consecutive day, Jordan, the UAE and other countries airdropped aid over Gaza on Tuesday.
In a press conference, Merz said that two aircraft are heading to Jordan, in collaboration with France and the U.K., to be equipped with aid supplies for delivery to Gaza.
King Abdullah expressed his gratitude for Germany’s support.
The meeting comes as the leading international authority on food crises said that "famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip," predicting “widespread death” without immediate action.
The World Food Program has said essential health and other services have collapsed and one in three people in Gaza is going without food for days at a time.
Hospitals are also reporting a rapid increase in hunger-related deaths in children under 5.
Production: Daniel Niemann
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