Jordan king congratulates Abbas on 'historic' UN win
By JPOST.COM STAFF
12/02/2012 18:08
Jordanian King on Sunday congratulated Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on the "historic achievement" of the United Nations vote to upgrade the status of Palestine to a non-member observer state, the official Jordan news agency Petra reported.
Abdullah said the step is a way forward towards establishing a viable Palestinian state during a meeting with Abbas in Amman.
Abdullah also strongly condemned the approval of the construction of 3,000 new housing units i Jerusalem and the West Bank.