Jordan's Foreign Minister Khatib to attend UNGA meeting
 
Washington, DC (September 21)— Jordan's Foreign Minister Abdul Illah Khatib will attend the sixty second session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York this week.
 
Khatib will also participate in the high-level meeting of the Middle East Quartet before the General Assembly. In a statement to Jordan's official news agency, Petra, Khatib underlined the importance of this meeting, which will include the follow-up committee of the Arab peace initiative and the International Quartet. Khatib noted that the meeting will present an opportunity to discuss the issues related to the international peace meeting in November.

Khatib will also take part in the meeting of  Iraq's neighbors and international parties concerned with the Iraqi issue at the UN gathering.

The foreign Minister will hold bilateral meetings with a number of foreign ministers of friendly countries to discuss bilateral ties on the sideline of the UN meetings.

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