Jordan has decided to take part in NATO’s Mediterranean forum on security issues, an official of the 16-member alliance said this week.
The decision by the Hashemite kingdom to join the forum was discussed when Crown Prince Hassan met with NATO Secretary General Javir Solana at the alliance’s headquarters, outside Brussels.
Jordan has become the only additional to the forum since five countries – Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania and Israel – joined the initiative soon after it was launched in December 1994 at a NATO meeting here.
The goal of the forum is to contribute to the security and stability of the Mediterranean basin.
While in Brussels, the crown prince also met with European Commission President Jacques Santer and other E.C. officials.
Talks between the European Union and Jordan on an association agreement are still under way.
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