Arab tour for Jordanian monarch includes Yemen, Sudan, Morocco, Mauritania

Jordan's King Abdullah Bin Hussein is starting tomorrow a new Arab tour that will include four countries: Yemen, Sudan, Morocco and Mauritania.

Amman radio quoted Jordanian Minister of Information Nasser Lawzi as saying after the Cabinet's meeting that King Abdullah will start tomorrow his tour by visiting Yemen, where he will meet with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues of joint concern.

After his visit to Yemen, King Abdullah will head to Sudan on Saturday for a short visit, during which he will meet with Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir and high-ranking Sudanese officials. From there he will head to Morocco to meet with Morocco's King Hassan II, and finally King Abdullah will head to Mauritania.