Kushner to finalise plan on his Middle East tour

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will lead a US delegation on a tour of the Middle East to finalise details of his proposed $50 billion economic development plan for the Palestinians, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon, an administration official said yesterday.

Kushner, Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt, State Department official Brian Hook and Kushner aide Avi Berkowitz are expected to make make stops in Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the official said. They leave late this month and return to Washington in early August.

The official said the purpose of the trip is to “continue on the momentum that was created at the workshop in Bahrain and finalise the economic portion of the plan.” They will also discuss the possibility of locating the development fund in Bahrain, the official said.