ARAB NEWS: AMMAN – A senior US official held separate meetings on Wednesday with Jordan’s King Abdallah and Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit to relay Washington’s support for the political and economic reforms recently pledged by the two leaders, according to a US embassy statement.
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour Michael Posner "emphasised the strong, long-term American commitment to the well-being of Jordan and the US appreciation of Jordan’s many decades of work toward regional peace and prosperity”, the statement said.
He also underscored the "US support for the king’s call for sustained, serious and comprehensive program of political and economic reform as the key to realizing the enormous potential of Jordan and Jordanians”, it added. >>> Abdul Jalil Mustafa | Arab News | Thursday, March 03, 2011
