Jordan’s King Abdullah II arrives on a visit to Russia | In Russia and CIS | News |
March 10, 2010 – 4:00 am
two-day official visit to Russia, Jordan’s King Abdullah II begins Wednesday. The Jordanian monarch will fly to Moscow from London the evening of 10 March. Meeting with President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev is scheduled for the next morning.
Abdullah II – a frequent guest in Moscow. This is the tenth of his visit to Russia since then, as in January 1999, he ascended to the throne. During this time between the senior leadership of the two countries established a stable trusting dialogue.
According to RIA Novosti at the Embassy of Russia in Amman, this time the head of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to discuss with Russia’s leadership issues in bilateral relations, including trade and economic ties.
volume of trade between our two countries is about $400 million a year. Thus about 90% of it – is the cost of imported Russian goods to Jordan. Amman would like to increase the share of its exports to Russia, consisting mostly of vegetables, fruits, olive oil.
Among the political issues central to the agenda of the talks will be the situation in the Middle East, including the Arab-Israeli settlement, the situation in the Palestinian territories, the situation in Iraq, the Iranian dossier. On the main issues of regional policy for Moscow and Amman characteristic closeness of views and approaches to solving them.
On a trip to Russia, the Jordanian monarch was escorted Prime Minister, Samir al-Rifai, Minister of Foreign Minister Nasser Joda and other officials.
Last King of Jordan visited Moscow in August 2008.
