Trans Jordan has no claim on the now city of Jerusalem King Abdullah has declared. The Trans Jordan monarch made this statement in an interview with a correspondent of the London Times in Amman, which was published here today.
He said the Trans Jordan delegation, which will arrive Thursday in Rhodes to open armistice talks with Israel, would be authorized to effect compromises, but would be adamant on never yielding the Old City of Jerusalem to Israel. There is so justification, he added, for internationalization of the Old City since Trans Jordan is ready to give access to the Holy Places to Jews and Christians alike.
Abdullah also declared that any Trans Jordan delegation at Rhodes will speak also for Iraq, Trans Jordan is prepared to consider an economic union with Israel, he added.
Regarding the Middle East as a whole, King Abdullah said he favored the reconstitution of an Arab alliance “from Aqaba to Basra” (in Iraq). In war he would welcome an Arab Anglo-United States alliance, but in peace American participation is unnecessary since Britain is the traditional ally of the Arabs, he concluded.
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