Time running out for Mideast peace - King Abdullah
PARIS, March 20 (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah said on Monday he believed the Israeli-Palestinian peace process had only two years left before changes on the ground would make it redundant and condemn the region to more years of strife.
The international community was tired of the failure to make a breakthrough and risked washing its hands of the peace process with potentially disastrous results, Abdullah told the European-American Press Club.
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KING ORDERS URGENT AIDS FOR PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
AMMAN, MARCH 20 (PETRA) -- HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH ON MONDAY ORDERED AN URGENT AIDS TO BE DISPATCHED TO PALESTINIANS WHO ARE SUFFERING OF ACUTE SHORTAGE OF BASIC FOOD STUFF.
KING ABDULLAH UNDERSCORED JORDAN'S STAND LEADERSHIP, PEOPLE BESIDE THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IN THESE DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES AS ISRAEL REPEATEDLY CLOSES THE CROSSING POINTS THAT LINK PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES WITH OUT WORLD.
KING ABDULLAH HELD TODAY MEETINGS WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, DURING WHICH HE URGED THE INT'L COMMUNITY TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO AVOID HUMAN TRAGEDY.
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World must not give up on Iraq -- Jordan's Abdullah
PARIS, March 20 (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah said on Monday that forming a unity government in Baghdad was crucial to stemming violence there, and urged the international community not to give up hope where Iraq was concerned.
Speaking in Paris on the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Abdullah also said he did not believe the country was in a state of civil war.
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