Abu al-Ragheb to visit Iraq

Jordan's prime minister Ali Abu al-Ragheb will visit Iraq this month at a time when Jordanian- Iraqi relations have witnessed a tangible progress at all political, economic, cultural and trade levels.

Jordanian sources said Abu al-Ragheb will meet during his visit with the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and will convey a message to him from the Jordanian Monarch Abdullah II on current international conditions.

According to the sources the message includes the vision of the Jordanian King for the forthcoming phase of the war against terrorism, especially in relations to Iraq, noting that the Jordanian King learnt the reality of the American position towards Iraq from the US President George Bush and his administration especially in regard to the need of the return back of the UN inspectors to Iraq.

In addition to the situation in Iraq, the message includes the American message towards solving the Palestinian question the US administration informed to Jordan.

In his capacity as chairman of the recent Arab summit, the Jordanian King urged the US administration not to direct a blow to any Arab state in the framework of the international campaign against terrorism.