King Abdullah meets Barak

Jordan's King Abdullah Ben Hussein met with Israel Prime Minister Ehud Barak today in the third meeting for Barak with an Arab leader a few hours before traveling to Washington.

Barak's visit to Jordan took two hours. Jordanian Minister of Information Nasser Lawzi said King Abdullah asked Barak to show good intentions to restore the peace process to its right course among Israel and the concerned parties.

Lawzi said that Jordan is optimistic toward Barak and that he promised to achieve great progress during the current year on the level of the three tracks.