Tunisian prime minister arrives in Amman

Prime Minister Hamed Karoui on Monday arrived in Amman on a working visit during which he will lead the Tunisian delegation to the 4th session of the Tunisian-Jordanian high joint commission, the Tunisian news agency, TAP reported.

Hamed Kraoui said in a statement that he was bearing a message of friendship and consideration from Tunisian President Ben Ali to King Abdullah Ben Hussein of Jordan.

Karoui, who stressed his country's keenness to develop relations with Jordan, said the high joint commission's meeting constitutes a new opportunity to define the most efficient means to impulse the fruitful cooperation between the two brotherly countries in the various fields.

He said he was convinced that the meeting will come out with concrete results that will enable to intensify contacts and reinforce complementarity in favor of the two peoples and strengthen their ability to win the challenges of development and progress.