Jordan may send FM to peace meet

0 Comments | AFP, September, 2007

AMMAN (AFP) — US ally Jordan will send a lower-level delegation to a Washington-sponsored Middle East peace meeting this autumn unless it has a clear action plan, a senior palace official said on Wednesday.

King Abdullah II may send his foreign minister if he feels the meeting will have no substance, the official said before the Jordanian monarch hosted another key US regional ally, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, for evening talks.

"Jordan will take part in the meeting but the level of the kingdom's participation depends on how serious the planning for the meeting is," the palace official told AFP.

"Until this moment, we still do not have a clear idea about the meeting, and we are afraid that the meeting will turn into another photo opportunity."

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