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Jerusalem, 13 March 1995
PERES-HASSAN MEETING
(Communicated by Foreign Ministry Spokesman)
Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met yesterday, (Sunday), 12.3.95, in Amman
with Crown Prince Hassan, in order to coordinate positions in advance of
their meeting this Wednesday in Bonn with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl
and the European Union Commissioner. Mr. Peres and Crown Prince Hassan
formulated a common position on projects for creating sources of water for
Jordan, as was specified in the Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty. The meeting in
Bonn will make possible a joint request for European aid to fund the
projects.
Peres and Hassan also discussed the following issues: promoting
substantive joint projects in the framework of the Jordan Valley program,
promoting the idea of establishing a regional educational committee,
turning the Aqaba-Eilat-Taba triangle into a free trade zone, the
establishment of a Europe-Jordan-Israel economic committee, preparations
for the Amman Conference, carrying out the joint regional effort to
establish a regional development bank and promoting the idea of creating a
regional security structure. The Crown Prince, in his remarks, praised Mr.
Peres for his commitment to the promotion of the regional economy.
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