Jordanian ambassador denies alliance with Turkey

The Jordanian ambassador to Lebanon, Anmar Abdul Halim al-Hammoud, has denied the existence of a Jordanian alliance with Turkey. Following his meeting with the chairman of the Higher Shiite Islamic Council in Lebanon, Sheikh Muhammad Mahdi Shamseddine, in Beirut on Tuesday, the Jordanian ambassador said that Jordan's Crown Prince Hassan on Monday phoned Turkish President Suleiman Demirel to stress the importance of settling the Syrian- Turkish crisis peacefully.

During the meeting, the Jordanian ambassador handed Sheikh Shamseddine an official invitation to visit Jordan.