Jordan postpones al-Wahda dam inauguration

A source at the Jordanian royal court said that the meeting which was due yesterday between the Jordanian King Abdullah II and the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to lay the foundation stone for al-Wahda dam project was postponed to a later date because of reasons pertinent to programs of each of the two leaders.

The source said that the meeting, which was due to be on the Jordanian side of al-Yarmouk river in the northern part of Jordan to launch the dam project between the two countries, "was postponed to a later date which is not specified yet."

The source added that this decision was because "the non conformity in the programs" between the Jordanian king and the Syrian president stressing that there are "no other reason behind this postponement."