AMMAN, OCT. 19, (BNA) -- IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT TARIQ AL HASHIMI WRAPPED UP A THREE-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO JORDAN AFTER HOLDING A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH JORDANIAN MONARCH ABDULLAH II, PRIME MINISTER MAROUF AL BAKHEET AND OTHER MINISTERS.
TALKS WERE CENTERED AROUND MECHANISMS OF ENHANCING BILATERAL COOPERATION AND LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ. IN A PRE-DEPARTURE STATEMENT, AL HASHIMI AFFIRMED THE SUCCESS OF HIS VISIT TO JORDAN, NOTING THAT VIEWS OF BOTH COUNTRIES WERE IDENTICAL WITH REGARD TO THE DISCUSSED ECONOMIC AND SECURITY ISSUES AND THAT THE KING, THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE MINISTERS HE MET EXPRESSED UNFLINCHING SUPPORT TO IRAQ. HE SAID HE REVIEWED WITH THE INTERIOR MINISTER EID AL FAYEZ A NUMBER OF ISSUES OF CONCERN TO THE IRAQI COMMUNITY IN JORDAN. MTQ 19-OCT-2006 18:49