Jordan’s King Abdullah asked a visiting delegation from Americans for Peace Now to support his country’s international effort to convince European countries to forgive hundreds of millions of dollars in Jordanian debt. In his second meeting with a Jewish group since assuming the throne, Abdullah reiterated his strong support for the peace process and urged the activists to work with him to convince Israel to lower trade barriers that prevent Jordanian goods from reaching the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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