Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 7/22/2002
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of July 22, 2002
- King Abdullah meets with King Fahd, Sheikh Zayed
Jordanian official sources said that the Jordanian King Abdullah II left Amman Thursday heading for Geneva, Switzerland, marking the beginning of a tour that will last more than one week, centering on conditions in the Middle East. The Jordanian sources added during this tour, the Jordanian king will meet with the US and French presidents and with the British prime minister. Jordan-Regional, Politics, 7/27/2002 - Al-Rai: Iraq ends boycot of Jordanian companies suspected to deal with Israel
A Jordanian official has stated that Iraq ended its boycott of 14 Jordanian companies used to be suspected of establishing trade relations with Israel, after it Iraq made sure that such relations did not exist. Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 7/27/2002 - Syria - Jordan economic talks to strengthening cooperation
The Jordanian Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb has stressed the need of consolidating economic cooperation relations between Syria and Jordan. He said he is looking forward for further developed relations between the two states and each of Lebanon and Egypt so as to achieve economic integration among these Arab states. Jordan-Syria, Economics, 7/24/2002 - Jordan, Iraq to sign a free trade agreement
According to figures of the Jordanian central bank, the Jordanian exports to Iraq reached in 2001 $ 230 million. Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 7/23/2002