Hussein to meet Netanyahu in Aqba today

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to visit Jordan today for talks with King Hussein on the crisis the Middle East peace process, a palace official said yesterday.

The leaders are expected to meet in Jordan’s southern Red Sea port of Aqaba, the official said.

Their planned talks come amid a flurry of regional meetings aimed at containing a Palestinian-Israeli crisis that halted the 6-year old peace process.