Jordan Times
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Monarch to visit Canada Thursday
King Abdullah will begin a several-day visit to Canada on Thursday for talks with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other
Canadian political and business leaders, a Royal Court statement said yesterday.
During his meeting with Harper, King Abdullah will discuss the situation in the Palestinian territories and efforts to
revive the peace process based on a two-state solution and international resolutions. The two leaders are also expected to
discuss the situation in Iraq and ways to strengthen security and stability in the violence-hit country.
Bilateral ties, particularly economic cooperation, will be high on the King’s agenda.
Talks with Canadian leaders are expected to address trade and investment relations as well as energy security and Jordan’s
debt to Canada.
The King will also meet with Stephane Dion, head of the Liberal Party and opposition leader, and members of the Canadian
Council of Chief Executives which groups economic leaders in the country.
King Abdullah will discuss ways to attract Canadian investment to Jordan and encourage joint projects between the two countries’
private sectors. He will also deliver a speech at the foreign ministry’s Lester B. Pearson Building, which was established in
honour of renowned Canadian foreign minister and Nobel peace laureate who later became prime minister.