Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 1/15/2001
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of January 15, 2001
- Jordan starts measures to erect an oil pipeline with Iraq
Jordan is intending to carry out the pipeline project to transport the Iraqi oil to Jordan at a length of 750 Kms and at a cost of US $ 350 million. Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 1/19/2001 - Jordan continues preparations to host the Arab summit
Jordan's foreign minister Abdul Illah al-Khatib on Thursday met with the Arab ambassadors accredited to Jordan and briefed them on the preparations and arrangements carried out by the Jordanian government to host the Arab summit conference in the meeting for the rotating presidency of the summit in March in Amman. Jordan, Politics, 1/19/2001 - Iraqi - Jordanian oil pipeline to be erected
Governmental sources in Amman said on Wednesday that the Jordanian Government gave the signals to start the implementation of the project to erect a crude oil pipeline to the Jordanian oil refinery of al-Zarqa. Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 1/18/2001 - Iranian- Jordanian bilateral relations highlighted Jordan-Iran, Politics, 1/17/2001
- Jordanian parliament members call on the King to pardon political prisoners
The parliamentary freedom committee at the Jordanian parliament has submitted a message to King Abdullah in which it appealed to release a pardoning for the political prisoners. Jordan, Politics, 1/17/2001 - King Abdullah of Jordan confers with JICA's chief
The Jordanian King Abdullah II on Tuesday reviewed with the Chairman of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency JICA K. Satio areas of cooperation between Jordan and Japan. Jordan-Japan, Economics, 1/17/2001 - Jordan refuses to settle the Palestinians Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 1/15/2001
- Jordanian King gets a message from Barak
During the meeting, the Jordanian King stressed the need of exerting every possible effort to prevent the waste of time in order to achieve peace according to international legitimacy resolutions and the principles on the ground of which the peace process was built. Jordan-Israel, Politics, 1/15/2001 - Attempts to settle the conditions of Hamas leaders
The Jordanian weekly Sheihan said in its Saturday issue, according to well-informed sources that the foreign minister of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem al-Thani held by the end of last week a secret visit to Amman during which he conveyed a message from the Hamas leaders who are in Doha Jordan-Qatar, Politics, 1/15/2001