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06-20-2011, 05:20 PM
On Sunday, 19 June King Abdullah of Jordan and Queen Rania welcomed President Leonel Fernandez and First Lady Margarita Cedeno at the Royal Palace in Al-Hommar. Fernandez is on a Middle Eastern tour that includes Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Israel.

The President's three-day visit included talks between King Abdullah that Jordanian news reports say focused on enhancing bilateral ties, especially in the fields of economics and investment, according to press reports from Jordan. In Jordan, the President and his delegation met with trade and economic sector representatives and business leaders to explore investment opportunities in both countries.

During the visit, a memorandum of understanding was signed to boost academic and research cooperation between Jordan and the Dominican Republic.

As reported in the Jordan press, the two leaders held talks on the Middle East and relations between Jordan and the DR, stressing their keenness to forge closer bilateral cooperation ties, mainly in the political, economic, business and tourism sectors.

A statement from the Jordanian government said that Fernandez and his wife were met by Senate President Taher Masri, followed by sessions with Minister of Environment Taher Shakhshir, senior officials and high-ranking officers.

On Saturday, Fernandez and his wife visited the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan. Center director Nawaf Wasfi Tall presented a briefing about the center and the research it conducts in the fields of regional security, political reforms and local and Arab surveys. This was followed by a discussion about issues related to democracy and reform as well as the latest regional developments.

As reported in the Jordanian press, the talks also dealt with the situation in the Arab countries in the region and the Middle East peace process in general. King Abdullah urged the international community to help the Palestinians and the Israelis to return to the negotiating table and address all final status issues towards establishing an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders. The King thanked the Dominican Republic and Latin American nations for their stances in support of the Palestinian right to statehood.

Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso said the DR had a great interest in the Palestinian issue as well as supporting the need to reach a just and permanent peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis.

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