Waters issue between Jordan and Israel
Jordan-Israel, Economics, 6/29/2000

A high ranking Jordanian side denied on Wednesday Israel to have had informed Jordan its determination to stop the sharing of some 30 million cubic meters of Jordan ' s share of Tiberies waters, according to what have been stated by the Israeli papers during the past few days.

The source told the Jordanian paper Arab al-Youm that the agreed upon waters arrive normally to Jordan and according to the set schedule. He regretted what was stated by the Israeli papers that an Israeli official delegation will visit Jordan by the beginning of July to inform the Jordanian government on the termination of al-Aqaba agreement between the two sides. According to this agreement, additional waters arrive in Jordan.

The Jordanian source added " we have heard these news from papers there ( in Israel) and we were not officially informed about this visit ." He stressed Jordan's confidence that such news are groundless and that there is an Israeli commitment that Jordan does not accept to be violated.

The source noted that the flow of waters from Israel to Jordan is not connected to a certain period of time.

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