King Hussein deteriorated health reports denied

US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Sunday spoke on the telephone with Jordanian Crown Prince Hassan in Amman and denied a report in the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot on Sunday on the deteriorated health conditions of the Jordanian King.

Meanwhile, a correspondent for Monte Carlo radio in Amman said that Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdul Ellah al-Khatib discussed this issue on Sunday with both the ambassadors of the US and Israel in Amman. Al-Khatib also asked the two ambassadors on the extent of the authenticity of information reported by the Israeli daily in quoting sources at the White House and members of the delegation accompanying Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu at the Wye Plantation.

On Sunday, the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot said, quoting US officials, that cancer of King Hussein has reached an advanced stage, adding that this may lead to what it called political disturbances in the region, which may require the US to ask for an Israeli intervention to "ensure balance and support stability in Jordan."

The king today is joining the Palestinian-Israeli talks near in the USA near Washingthon.