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KING HOLDS TALKS WITH PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER</STRONG>
KING HOLDS TALKS WITH PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER KING HOLDS TALKS WITH PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER AMMAN, MARCH 9 (PETRA) -- HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH II ON THURSDAY HELD TALKS WITH PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER SHAWKAT AZIZ ON WAYS OF ENHANCING THE BILATERAL TIES IN ADDITION TO THE LATEST REGIONAL POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS. KING AND AZIZ ALSO DISCUSSED SCOPES OF ENHANCING THE ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING JOINT PROJECTS BETWEEN THE JORDANIAN AND PAKISTANI PRIVATE SECTORS. AS FOR THE ISSUES OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD, KING ABDULLAH REITERATED THE NECESSITY OF ENHANCING THE JOINT ISLAMIC ACTION TO FACE THE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES, ESPECIALLY MISUNDERSTANDING OF ISLAM BY TERRORIST GROUPS. HIS MAJESTY SAID THAT CLARIFYING THE TRUE IMAGE OF ISLAM IS THE DUTY OF EVERY MUSLIM, NOTING THE CONTENT OF AMMAN MESSAGE. KING ALSO STRESSED THE NECESSITY OF ENHANCING THE WORK OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION (ICO) AND EXERTING MORE EFFORTS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN EAST AND WEST AND BUILD BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING AND CO-EXISTENCE AMONGST PEOPLES. AS FOR THE POLITICAL REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS, KING ABDULLAH OUTLINED JORDAN'S VISION TOWARD THE SITUATIONS IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES AFTER HAMAS VICTORY IN THE PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS, STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF RESUMING THE PEACE PROCESS WHICH IS THE ONLY WAY TO END THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT. HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH SAID, DURING THE MEETING WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY PRIME MINISTER MAROUF BAKHEIT, DIRECTOR OF HIS MAJESTY'S OFFICE FAROUQ QASRAWI, PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTER AND PAKISTANI AMBASSADOR IN AMMAN THAT THE RESULTS OF THE ISRAELI ELECTIONS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD AT THE END OF MARCH WILL DETERMINE THE TREND OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TOWARDS THE PEACE PROCESS. AS FOR IRAQ, KING ABDULLAH EXPRESSED HIS WORRIES TOWARDS THE GROWING TENSION, OUTLINING JORDAN'S EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE UNITY OF IRAQ. FOR HIS PART, AZIZ HAILED THE BILATERAL TIES, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF ENCOURAGING THE PRIVATE SECTORS IN BOTH COUNTRIES TO ESTABLISH JOINT PROJECTS THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE IN PUSHING FORWARD THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN JORDAN AND PAKISTAN. THE PAKISTANI PREMIER ALSO EXPRESSED APPRECIATION OVER EFFORTS OF HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH II TO CLARIFY THE TRUE IMAGE OF ISLAM, NOTING THAT AMMAN MESSAGE, LAUNCHED BY JORDAN IN 2004 IS A DISTINGUISHED INITIATIVE TO SHOW THE TEACHINGS OF ISLAM. AZIZ EXPRESSED THANKS FOR JORDAN OVER ITS SUPPORT FOR PAKISTANI PEOPLE DURING THEIR HARD CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER THE STRONG EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT PAKISTAN IN 2005. //PETRA// SHNIQAT ''''
http://www.petra.gov.jo/nepras/2006/Mar/09/553090100.htm
Apologies for the capital letters.
http://www.petra.gov.jo/nepras/2006/Mar/09/553090100.htm
Apologies for the capital letters.