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Jordanian King, UN Chief Discuss Mideast Crisis Over Phone

Jordanian King Abdullah Bin Hussein Sunday called for more international pressure on Israel to implement relevant U.N. resolutions and to defuse the current Mideast crisis during a phone call to U.N. General Secretary Kofi Annan.


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Jordanian King Abdullah Bin Hussein Sunday called for more international pressure on Israel to implement relevant U.N. resolutions and to defuse the current Mideast crisis during a phone call to U.N. General Secretary Kofi Annan.

During the phone talks, Abdullah stressed the need for Israel to implement, without delay, the U.N. Security Council resolutions 1402 and 1403, which call on Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territories it recently occupied and to lift its siege on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Jordan's official Petra news agency reported.

The king also stressed the importance of providing international protection to the Palestinian people, who are suffering from Israeli aggressions, Petra said.

Also in the day, Abdullah phoned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to consult over Israel's invasion and occupation of Palestinian territories during the past few days.

Abdullah decided to send on Monday Prime Minister Ali Abu Ragheb, chief of the Royal Court Fayez Tarawneh, and his advisor and head of the Public Intelligence Department Saad Kheir to Egypt for talks with Mubarak over the Mideast crisis.

Jordan and Egypt are the only two Arab states to have signed peace treaties with Israel, and both of them stand for a just, durable and comprehensive peace in the region.


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