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Jordan appoints career diplomat ambassador to Israel
AMMAN - Jordans cabinet on Tuesday appointed career diplomat Ali al-Ayed as Ammans new ambassador to Israel, an official statement said. Al-Ayed, director of the prime ministers political politburo, fills the diplomatic post, which has been vacant since August, when King Abdullah II summoned the former ambassador to the Jewish state, Marouf Bakhit, and appointed him as head of the monarchs office. A month later, Bakhit became Jordans prime minister.Al-Ayed served as Jordanian charge daffaires in Washington between 2001 and 2004 and for three months in Israel in 2005. The appointment of a new Jordanian ambassador comes amid reports that King Abdullah II plans to meet with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert after the new Israeli leader returns from Washington, where he met Tuesday with US President George W Bush. Posted by: Steve White 2006-05-24 |
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