Jerusalem, 23 November 1994
FOREIGN MINISTRY DELEGATION HOLDS TALKS IN JORDAN
(Communicated by the Foreign Ministry Spokesman)
A Foreign Ministry delegation, yesterday (Tuesday), 22.11.94, held talks
in Amman with a parallel Jordanian delegation.
It was decided to establish a steering committee to deal with all
development programs for the Jordan Valley, the Arava, and the Gulf of
Eilat.
The steering committee will be headed by Dr. Munzar Hadadin and Foreign
Ministry Deputy Director-General for Economics, Dr. Oded Aran.
The various Government ministries which have formulated development plans
will be represented on the steering committee which will convene,
alternatively, in Jordan and Israel.
Similarly, two subcommittees will be established, one for projects and one
to raise the financial resources for the various projects.
The European Commission, Italy, and the World Bank have already expressed
their willingness to finance feasibility studies for a number of projects.
In the coming weeks, Jordanian and Israeli teams will hold discussions
with these groups in order to determine a timetable for conducting the
studies.