Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 3/6/2000
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of March 6, 2000
- Moroccan and Jordanian kings meet
King Mohammed VI, accompanied by Prince Moulay Rachid, conferred Thursday with visiting King Abdullah II, who was flanked by Prince Ali Ibn Al-Hussein and Prince Ghazi Ibn Mohamed. Morocco-Jordan, Politics, 3/10/2000 - Morocco, Jordan voice full backing to Palestinians, Syria, Lebanon and lifting Iraq sanctions
Morocco and Jordan on Thursday voiced full backing to the Palestinian people to recover their rights, including the establishment of an independent state with Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as its capital. Morocco-Jordan, Politics, 3/10/2000 - Jordan's Queen Rania visits women's center
Jordan's First Lady Queen Rania and Morocco's Princess Lalla Meryem, sister of King Mohammed VI, visited Thursday the Moroccan Women Promotion Center. Morocco-Jordan, Politics, 3/10/2000 - King Abdallah of Jordan Arrives in Morocco
King Abdallah II of Jordan arrived in Rabat this Thursday for a three-day official visit at the invitation of King Mohammed VI. Morocco-Jordan, Politics, 3/9/2000 - Jordan pays UN dues Jordan-UN, Economics, 3/9/2000
- On the meeting between King Abdullah and Demirel
At the conclusion of the meeting of the Turkish council for foreign relations in Istanbul, attended by Turkish President Suleiman Demirel and King Abdullah II of Jordan who started on Tuesday a visit to Turkey, that will be concluded today, Demirel told journalists that Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority "are preparing a joint project to buy the Turkish waters. If these countries decided to buy the waters from Turkey we will give them." Jordan-Turkey, Politics, 3/9/2000 - Arab Fund finances al-Wahda dam
The board of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development has agreed to finance al-Wahda dam at a cost of 35 million Kuwaiti dinars (82 million Jordanian dinars). Jordan-Syria, Economics, 3/9/2000 - King Abdullah pays official visit to Morocco Morocco-Jordan, Politics, 3/8/2000
- King Abdullah in Ankara
King Abdullah II of Jordan arrived in Ankara on Tuesday in a visit to Turkey which will last for two days at the invitation of Turkish President Suleiman Demirel. Jordan-Turkey, Politics, 3/8/2000 - On the Iraqi Baath Party
The Jordanian weekly al-Majd said in its recent issue that tens of members of the pro-Iraq Jordanian Baath Party decided to freeze their membership in this party and placed the responsibility for this decision on the party's higher leadership. Jordan, Politics, 3/8/2000 - Report: Disputes between al-Rawabdeh and al-Bateikhi
Under the title "Does the honey moon end between al-Rawabdeh and al-Bateikhi," the Jordanian weekly al-Majd said that political observers and journalists in Amman expressed their conviction that competition might have replaced the alliance between the prime minister, Abdul Raouf al-Rawabdeh, and Lt. Gen. Samih al-Bateikhi, the director of the general intelligence. Jordan, Politics, 3/8/2000 - Jordanian message of backing to Lebanese president
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on Monday in Beirut received a message from Jordanian King Abdullah II, which stressed Jordan's backing for Lebanon and its right to resist the Israeli aggression in order to liberate its lands. Lebanon-Jordan, Politics, 3/7/2000 - King of Jordan to visit Morocco Jordan-Morocco, Politics, 3/6/2000
- Saudi FM confers with Jordanian official Saudi Arabia-Jordan, Politics, 3/6/2000