King Abdullah and hamas question: we study the best formula for a solution
Jordan, Politics, 10/23/1999

King Abdullah Bin al-Hussein of Jordan on Friday announced that his government is studying " the best formula to solve the question of the Islamic resistance movement " Hamas" within the course of the supremacy of the law," following one month after the suspension of the movement's political bureau chairman Khaled Mashaal and its spokesman Ibrahim Ghoshe. A measure preceded by closing off Hamas offices in Jordan and suspending 15 of its members.

Upon arriving in Amman from a tour covered the US, Britain, and Spain, the King explained in statements quoted by the Jordanian news agency Petra that Jordan is able through " objective and controlled dialogue to find out the best frame for this question." He called on all to be objective and to have the real spirit of citizenship."

The Jordanian King asserted that the measures taken do not target Hamas. Rather relate to Jordanian citizens who are leading non- Jordanian organization on Jordanian territories. It is not in the interest of the country nor of its relations with its brothers to keep this situation standstill." ( Mashaal and Ghoseh have the Jordanian nationality."

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