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Arab revolts on agenda as Jordan's king meets with Saudi leaders
Jul 3, 2011, 14:15 GMT
Amman - Jordan's King Abdullah II flew to Jeddah on Sunday for talks with Saudi leaders on the implications of Arab uprisings and the prospects of resuming deadlocked peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel, officials said.
A Saudi-backed proposal for the admission of Jordan to the oil-rich Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is expected to be high on the agenda.
The foreign ministers of Jordan and the GCC countries were supposed to start talks a month ago to work out the details for allowing Jordan to enter the Gulf political bloc. There has been no explanation for the delay.
Riyadh recently extended a grant of 400 million dollars to Jordan to help it cushion a growing public budget deficit, which was expected to exceed 2 billion dollars in fiscal 2011.
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