- Title: JORDAN-FRANCE French PM meets King Abdullah in Jordan
- Date: 11th October 2015
- Summary: AMMAN, JORDAN (OCTOBER 11, 2015) (REUTERS) VALLS AND JORDANIAN KING ABDULLAH IN MEETING ROOM KING ABDULLAH VALLS VALLS AND JORDANIAN KING ABDULLAH IN MEETING ROOM
- Embargoed: 26th October 2015 12:00
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- Location: Jordan
- Country: Jordan
- Topics: General
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- Story Text: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls met with Jordan's King Abdullah on Sunday (October 11) after arriving in Amman as part of an official visit to the region.
After landing in Amman, Valls was greeted by officials at the airport before meeting with his Jordanian counterpart, Abdullah Ensour.
Valls later held talks with King Abdullah of Jordan, where the leaders were expected to discuss bilateral ties between the two countries as well as the growing threat of Islamist militants.
The French prime minister is on a Middle Eastern tour, which began in Egypt on Saturday (October 10) with a 950 million warship deal signed by both countries.
Valls' visit to the Middle East, which will end in Saudi Arabia, comes as France has nurtured new links with Sunni Arab states, which appreciate its tough stance on their Shi'ite rival Iran and similar positions on the region's conflicts.
France has also benefited from what some Gulf countries perceive as disengagement from a traditional ally, the United States. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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