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 Aaron Klein |
JERUSALEM – Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas last night was whisked away by a royal Jordanian helicopter that landed in Ramallah at 7:30 p.m. local time to take him on a hastily arranged, last minute visit to Amman to meet with Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Al-Bakhit.
The trip was quickly set up after Abbas spoke by phone yesterday for about 40 minutes to Jordanian King Abdullah, who is on state business in London.
Abbas aides told the Galil Report the Palestinian leader had a busy schedule yesterday and today, including a planned meeting at 9 p.m. local time last night in Ramallah with a Japanese delegation and with Palestinian intelligence officials earlier today.
They said Abbas would not have ditched local obligations for a Jordan visit unless matters were urgent.
Newspaper reports this morning speculated Abbas’ trip was related to Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip and to the growing diplomatic crisis surrounding the kidnapping two weeks ago by Hamas and other terror groups of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
But Jordanian officials today detailed for the Galil Report the content of the discussions between Abbas and the leaders of Jordan.
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