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During the 28-hour visit, the two Arab leaders met four times, twice alone. What was said during their seven hours of private discussions remains undisclosed. No joint communiqué was issued. Jordan's Prime Minister Zaid al Rifa'i revealed only that the talks had covered regional developments, Arab cooperation...
Even so, last week's meeting between Assad and Hussein was a diplomatic breakthrough. Relations between Syria and Jordan have been stormy since 1980, when the two countries broke over Jordan's clandestine support of the anti-Assad Muslim Brotherhood. Hostilities continued until last August, when Hussein unexpectedly agreed to...
As any australian diplomat will admit, managing the bilateral relationship with China is a relentless, high- energy task. The volume of issues that are in play at any time - for instance, trade and investment, uranium sales, human rights, tourist visas, students, intellectual property, military exercises, official delegations and Taiwan - makes...
The Swiss Open Up After the E.U. constitution was rejected by the French and Dutch, and another bitter scrap broke out over the E.U. budget, Brussels won a quiet sign of support last week from an unlikely corner. In a referendum, 55% of Swiss voters approved joining the E.U.-run...
Soon the issue of uranium sales will come under debate in Australia again. Given its expansion and global carbon-emissions protocols, China's energy future is looking increasingly nuclear. Australia has the world's largest uranium reserves. The two countries are working on a nuclear safeguards agreement. "We believe in...