Jordanian King confers with two Iraqi ministers

The Jordanian king Abdullah II stressed during his meeting in Amman yesterday with the Iraqi minister of the interior Falah al-Naqib and the minister of defense Hazim al-Shalaan the need to halt the cycle of violence in Iraq so as to be able to make the elections in the country.

The Jordanian TV said that the King "stressed the importance of ending the state of chaos and violence so as the next election to be carried out in all parts of Iraq with the participation of all the Iraqis." The Jordanian news agency ( Petra) quoted al-Naqib as saying following his meeting with Shaalan and his Jordanian counterpart Samir al-Habashinah that the talks dealt with means of withstanding certain conspiracies fabricated against Iraq and its national unity and several international stances."

Al-Naqib added "the Iraqi government is determent to restore back security and stability to the country at the support of the sisterly Arab states." However, a ceremony will be held today in Jordan on the graduation of the 8th group of the Iraqi police men after ending a training period in Jordan that lasted for 8 weeks.

Meantime, the spokeswoman for the Jordanian government Asmaa Khuder said that Amman and Baghdad will find out the feasibility study for a pipeline of 750 km length linking the oil al-Hudeitha pipeline to the north west of Iraq and al-Zarqa oil refinery.