Chancellor Helmut Kohl, presently visiting the Middle East, intends to present ideas for bringing peace to that region based largely on his meeting with King Hussein of Jordan, West German radio stations reported over the weekend, Kohl, who was in Cairo after visiting Amman, was quoted as saying he was greatly impressed by what Hussein had to say. The Jordanian ruler publicly attacked Israel as “expansionist” but there were no indications of what Kohl has in mind.
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