Shalom visits Jordan next week

The Israeli foreign ministry announced in a statement that the foreign minister Silvan Shalom will hold an official visit to Jordan on January 28. The statement did not explain the program of Shalom's visit.

This is the first visit by an Israeli official at that level since August 1999. The visit comes at a time when relations between the two countries are deteriorating with Israel's accusations for Jordan of launching an international campaign against the Apartheid wall Israel is building in the West Bank