Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 9/13/1999
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of September 13, 1999
- Arafat and Abduallah confirm necessity of Palestinian - Jordanian coordination
Palestinian and the Jordanian sides assured the necessity of coordination and consultation regarding the different issues regarding peace process on the Palestinian track especially regarding the beginning of the final stage negotiations and the Israeli government's application of Wye River and Sharm El-Sheik agreements. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 9/17/1999 - King Abdullah voices support for Middle East peace, reactivation of trade with Gulf states
King Abdullah of Jordan has asserted his country's backing for Syria and Lebanon in their attempts to restore "their occupied territories and rights" in line with the International legitimacy resolutions. He stressed the need for resuming the Middle East peace process on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks from they where point they broke off in 1996. Jordan-Regional, Politics, 9/17/1999 - On King Abdullah's visit to Beirut
Orient Radio said on Wednesday that news on King Abdullah II's visit to Beirut was front-paged by the British daily Financial Times issued on Wednesday. Jordan-Regional, Politics, 9/16/1999 - Report: Jordan, Hamas reach agreement
A Kuwaiti daily quoted well-informed sources in Kuwait as saying on Wednesday that an agreement was recently reached between the Jordanian authorities and the Hamas movement that provides for permitting the return of the three leaders of the Hamas movement from Tehran to Amman, but under preconditions. Jordan-Regional, Politics, 9/16/1999 - Islamists in Jordan hold solidarity rally with Hamas
A solidarity rally was held on Tuesday night in Amman at the headquarters of the Jordanian vocational trade unions with the Hamas movement. It was attended by several heads of the vocational trade unions, leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood group in Jordan and the Islamic Labor Front, several political figures and other political parties, as well as some 500 Muslim Brotherhood members. Jordan, Politics, 9/16/1999 - Israeli - Jordanian agreement for running El-Salam joint airport
Jordanian Minister of Transpiration Nasser Lawzi said that Israel "pledged to work on implementing the joint airport project with Jordan and remove obstacles facing it as well as to implement it with the rapid establishing style." Jordan-Israel, Politics, 9/16/1999 - Lahoud describes King Abdullah's visit to Lebanon as positive Lebanon-Jordan, Politics, 9/16/1999
- King Abdullah concludes visit to Lebanon
King Abdullah II of Jordan returned to Jordan on Tuesday following a two-day official visit to Lebanon, during which he held talks with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on bilateral relations and means of developing them, as well as several national and regional issues of mutual concern. Jordan-Lebanon, Politics, 9/15/1999 - Jordan, Canada sign memorandum of understanding Jordan-Canada, Economics, 9/15/1999
- King Abdullah against blocs policy Jordan-Regional, Politics, 9/15/1999
- Lebanese president confers with Jordanian king
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud has underlined the importance of King Abdullah's visit to Lebanon, saying that this visit is an expression of the friendship and cooperation relations serving interests of "both the brotherly people of the two countries." Lebanon-Jordan, Politics, 9/14/1999 - King of Jordan visits Lebanon today
Jordan's King Abdullah II is scheduled to arrive today in Beirut with his wife, Queen Rania, for a two-day official visit to Lebanon at the invitation of Lebanese President Emile Lahoud. Lebanon-Jordan, Politics, 9/13/1999 - Jordanian premier meets with British Parliamentary delegation
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdul al-Raouf al-Rawabdeh on Sunday in Amman reviewed with a British parliamentary delegation led by Phyllis Starkey the Middle East peace process and the role played by the European Union in this respect, the promotion of countries of the region, and bilateral relations between the two countries." Jordan-UK, Politics, 9/13/1999 - Amman is determined to arrest Hamas officials
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdul Raouf al-Rawabdeh stressed on Sunday that Jordan is determined to arrest the five officials in the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement against whom arrest warrants were released at the end of last month and not to permit any anti-Arab activities in its territories. Jordan, Politics, 9/13/1999 - On Jordanian Muslim Brothers
The media spokesman for the Muslim Brothers group in Jordan, Jamil Abu Baker, said the four leading members of Hamas against whom warrants of arrest were issued will return to Jordan and that they have the desire and the determination to return, but no date has yet been set for this return. Jordan, Politics, 9/13/1999