- Title: JORDAN: KOHL, RABIN AND HUSSEIN HOLD A THREE-WAY SUMMIT
- Date: 5th June 1995
- Summary: BAQUORA, JORDAN (JUNE 5, 1995) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV JORDAN RIVER 0.04 2. SV GERMAN CHANCELLOR HELMUT KOHL, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN AND KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN POSING TOGETHER 0.11 3. SV PHOTOGRAPHERS 0.13 4. SV GERMAN, ISRAELI, JORDANIAN FLAGS 0.18 5. SV KING HUSSEIN, RABIN AND KOHL WALKING ALONG 0.21 6.
- Embargoed: 20th June 1995 13:00
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- Location: BAQURA, JORDAN
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- Country: Jordan
- Reuters ID: LVA8GRNKWU2OWDJ3PPCNW83FNKOJ
- Story Text: German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan's King Hussein held a three-way summit in Jordan on Monday (June 5) close to Israel's border.
The three leaders focused talks on Israel-Jordan water projects stemming from the October 1994 peace treaty between Israel and Jordan.
Hussein welcomed Rabin and Kohl near the Jordan river, metres from the northern border with Israel.
At a news conference following the meeting, the three leaders were positive about water cooperation between Israel and Jordan, but gave no details of their talks.
Rabin called the summit proof of the viability of the October 1994 peace treaty with Jordan and said: "If water is life, let's give life to the people who made peace." King Hussein said "It is our hope that these two rivers, the Yarmuk and the Jordan ... will be utilised in the best way." Kohl said he was moved, as a German and a European, to be a guest in a place where the history of humanity was tangible. He spoke of the attempts to flesh out the concept of peace to provide the kind of life that people wanted.
Kohl said afterwards: "I hope beyond this water project we will be able to further intensify the economic relations between the countries of the region and Europe, the member states of the European Union, also specifically between Germany and Israel." Speaking on Sunday night after talks with the king, Kohl endorsed Jordanian-Israeli hopes for water projects proposed in their peace treaty but did not give a concrete pledge.
He said financing of the plans -- to include dams, storage systems, conveyance schemes and brackish water treatment plants -- depended on the feasibility study.
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