Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 4/23/2001
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of April 23, 2001
- Jordan: the first woman ambassador since 32 years
A Jordanian official source said on Thursday that the first secretary general of the ministry of Tourism Alya' Hatouq Bouran was appointed as Jordan's ambassador to Belgium to be therefore the first Jordanian to assume a high ranking diplomatic post since more 30 years. Jordan, Culture, 4/27/2001 - Jordan: King Abdullah to visit Kuwait in May
The Jordanian King Abdullah II will visit Kuwait in may during which he will hold talks on the question of the Iraqi- Kuwaiti relations. Jordan-Kuwait, Politics, 4/27/2001 - King Abdullah criticizes Arafat
The Israeli daily Yadhout Ahronout said on Wednesday that the Jordanian King Abdullah II has strongly criticized the behaviors of the chairman of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat, noting that if Arafat continues his current behavior, he will find himself again in Tunisia ( where Arafat used to live before the Oslo agreements). Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 4/26/2001 - Trade relations between Israel and Jordan
The Jordanian minister of industry and trade Wasef Azar has explained that extending work in the trade agreement signed with Israel is a routine measure which is spontaneously renewed every year unless one of the two sides objects such an extension. Jordan-Israel, Economics, 4/25/2001 - Jordan protests Israeli attempts to obstruct al-Aqsa maintenance
Jordan has officially protested against Israel for placing obstacles before the current renovation and maintenance works in al-Aqsa mosque, carried out by the committee of al-Aqsa mosque and the " Dome rock." Jordan-Israel, Politics, 4/24/2001 - Al-Oran as a chairman for the Jordanian physicians Union Jordan, Local, 4/23/2001