Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 12/8/2003
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of December 8, 2003
- Damascus regrets Abdullah statement; al-Fayez telephone call with Otri improved the atmospheres
A Syrian media source considered that the telephone call made by the Jordanian prime minister Faisal al-Fayez on Tuesday with his Syrian peer Naji Otari had improved the atmosphere of Jordanian- Syrian relations, that came under tension following accusations started by the Jordanian press and the Syrian paper's replies to it. Syria-Jordan, Politics, 12/11/2003 - Jordan FM postpones visit to Kuwait, Amman denies a crisis
Jordanian official sources denied the existence of any political crisis with Kuwait that pushed the Jordanian Foreign minister Marwan Muasher to postpone his due visit to Kuwait. Jordan-Kuwait, Politics, 12/10/2003 - Al-Fayez and Otri discuss Syrian- Jordanian cooperation on a telephone call Syria-Jordan, Politics, 12/10/2003
- Moroccan human rights minister holds talks with Jordanian officials
Moroccan human rights minister, Mohamed Aujjar, held in Amman Sunday separate talks with the Jordanian chairman of the national center of human rights, Ahmed Abidat, and political development minister, Mohamed Daoudia, on human rights in Morocco and bilateral relations. Morocco-Jordan, Politics, 12/9/2003 - Amman: death penalty for an American of Jordanian origin
The state security court in Jordan sentenced the Jordanian Raed Hijazi, accused of conspiring to carry out terrorist acts, to death by hanging. A decision which is the third of its kind against this convicted man. Jordan-USA, Local, 12/9/2003 - King Abdullah criticizes Syria in Washington and demands it to control its borders with Iraq
The Jordanian King Abdullah, who is visiting the USA, got himself involved in the campaign of the American accusations against Syria where he demanded Syria to control its borders with Iraq "so as to be secure as we want." Jordan-Syria, Politics, 12/8/2003