Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 5/17/1999
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of May 17, 1999
- Three economic agreements signed between Syria and Jordan
Syria and Jordan signed yesterday three agreements to enhance cooperation between the two countries in the fields of agriculture, electricity and mineral wealth. Syria-Jordan, Politics, 5/22/1999 - Al-Yarmouk dam in Syrian - Jordanian talks
Syrian Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Zou'bi on Thursday received Jordanian Minister of Irrigation Kamel Mahadin and discussed with him joint water projects between the two countries and means of developing and diversifying them. Syria-Jordan, Economics, 5/21/1999 - Japanese loans to upgrade Jordan's tourists projects
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) decided to offer a loan to Jordan worth $60 million to finance tourist projects through 2001. Jordan-Japan, Economics, 5/21/1999 - King Abdullah confers with US Parliament chief Jordan-USA, Politics, 5/21/1999
- Syrian - Jordanian committee to confer next week
Jordanian - Syrian meetings were held yesterday on the fields of energy, mineral wealth, irrigation, and agriculture, preparing for convening the mutual economic committee in Damascus next week. Jordan-Syria, Economics, 5/20/1999 - A Jordanian offers for maintaining airplanes of the Libyan airlines Jordan-Libya, Economics, 5/20/1999
- Jordanian electricity minister arrives in Damascus Jordan-Syria, Economics, 5/19/1999
- King Abdullah meets Clinton
King Abdullah of Jordan said yesterday that he is optimistic that Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak can help get the Middle East peace process moving, saying, "We had the opportunity of seeing him [Barak] in Jordan only several days ago and we see eye to eye on many issues and we're very optimistic of taking the peace process forward." Jordan-USA, Politics, 5/19/1999 - King Abdullah meets with Arab ambassadors accredited in Washington Jordan, Politics, 5/19/1999
- Syria, Jordan to cultivate border areas
A Jordanian weekly said on Tuesday, quoting well-informed sources at the Jordanian Ministry of Agriculture, that there are some 27,000 dunums of Jordanian lands along the borders with Syria which are uncultivated, adding that this area can be planted with fruit trees and cereals and can be irrigated from al-Yarmouk river waters. Jordan-Syria, Economics, 5/19/1999 - Jordan bank's profits increase Jordan, Economics, 5/19/1999
- Lebanese President to visit Jordan by the end of May Lebanon-Jordan, Politics, 5/18/1999
- Report: Ministerial reshuffle coming in Jordan
A Jordanian weekly reported in its most recent issue that Jordanian Prime Minister Abdul Raouf al-Rawabedah intends to make a vast government reshuffle on the threshold of beginning the special session of the Jordanian nation council on May 29, adding the reshuffle will lead to excluding the premier's three deputies and another 10 ministers. Jordan, Politics, 5/18/1999 - Mordechai proposes a peace conference to King Abdullah
The Jordanian weekly al-Hadath quoted European sources in Amman as asserting that former Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai had proposed to King Abdullah of Jordan the idea of convening a peace conference in the Middle East in the Jordanian capital, Amman. Jordan, Politics, 5/18/1999 - On Jordanian detainees
The chairman of the freedoms committee at the Jordanian parliament, Muhammad al-Azeydah, has asserted that he did not received any contact from the defense committee for the detainees in Syria or the Syrian embassy in Amman, or from the Jordanian Ministry of the Interior which indicated "Syria's retreat towards releasing the Jordanian detainees, held there." Jordan, Politics, 5/18/1999 - Syrian FM expected to visit Jordan Jordan-Syria, Politics, 5/18/1999
- King Abdullah meets with Albright
King Abdullah said Jordan is giving attention to improving its economy, saying, "We'll do our utmost to move the Jordanian economy in the right direction so that we can get ourselves on our own two feet and be able to shoulder the responsibilities that we must provide to a stable and peaceful region." Jordan-UN, Politics, 5/17/1999