Jordan Times
Thursday, June 6, 2004

Monarch congratulates Yawar

AMMAN (AFP) — His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday congratulated Iraq's new President Sheikh Ghazi Yawar and offered Jordan's support to help build the future Iraq.

King Abdullah sent Yawar “a congratulatory telegram ... expressing hope that this step will be a blessing for the Iraqi people and a step towards ending the [US-led] occupation and the return of full sovereignty,” the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The King said Amman was ready “to support the efforts of the Iraqi leadership to build a new Iraq and to place all its capabilities at its service,” Petra said.


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