The Jordanian Transport Union has rejected a decision of the Arab Transport Union headquarters in Cairo calling on all member states to take a united stand against the US Airline Pilots Association if the latter carries out a threatened air boycott of countries harboring hijackers, It was reported here yesterday.
The Arab Transport Union sent cables to all Arab member unions for a counter-boycott of US air transport to and from Arab states. In Its reply, the Jordanian union said It would not take part in any such unified action after having been expelled from the Arab Transport Union.
The Jordanian union was expelled at a recent meeting In Cairo after It had protested a boycott imposed by other Arab nations on Jordan and the closing of their frontiers with Jordan. That step followed the crackdown by King Hussein on terrorists In his kingdom last year. It was lifted and then reimposed after King Hussein announced his plan for a federation of the East and West Banks of Jordan.
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