King Hussein of Jordan met with President Francois Mitterrand Tuesday, the second day of a two-day visit to France prior to travelling to Washington where he will meet President Reagan on June 9.
The Jordanian monarch is the first major Arab head of state to come to France since the March elections brought the center-right government to office. Mitterrand, a Socialist, shares power with conservative Prime Minister Jacques Chirac with whom Hussein
These include not only a solution to the Arab-Israel conflict but a rapprochement between Syria and Iraq, sharply divided over the Iran-Iraq war, now in its sixth year. Damascus is alone among the Middle Eastern Arab
Hussein hopes to arrange an Arab summit meeting in the months ahead. He held talks in Baghdad before coming to Paris and briefed French leaders on the current situation in the Gulf war. France has given substantial political and military
The King, accompanied by his Foreign Minister, Taher EI Nasri, is also expected to discuss the possibility of buying sophisticated anti-aircraft weapons from France. The Reagan Administration was forced recently to withdraw
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