Abul Ragheb confers with al-Jaafari

The Jordanian prime minister Ali Abul Ragheb yesterday in Amman held a meeting with the chairman of the Iraqi transitional governing council Ibrahim al-Jaafari and members of the accompanying delegation, which arrived in Amman earlier in the day in a visit to Jordan during which he will be meeting with several Jordanian officials.

In an arrival statement al-Jafaari said that "this visit comes in the course of a tour for the delegation in several Arab states aiming at briefing with current developments in Iraq and holding discussions concerning them with officials in these countries."