Jordan’s King Abdullah assured Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat that he would back Palestinian aspirations for a state with eastern Jerusalem as its capital, according to Jordan’s foreign minister. During a meeting between the two in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Abdullah also said he would back all Palestinian demands in their ongoing negotiations with Israel.
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