The president plans to give a major policy speech on the Middle East on Thursday, meet Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday and address an influential pro-Israel lobbying group on Sunday.Praising the King's reform efforts, Obama said the United States was helping Jordan with economic aid and providing 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat to ease the pain of high world commodity prices."I am pleased to announce that we have mobilized several hundreds of millions of dollars through OPEC and that will leverage ultimately about a billion dollars for economic development inside of Jordan," Obama said, referring to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. He provided no details.
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In meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah, Obama unveils no new proposals but says Israelis, Palestinians must meet; offers Jordan aid.
The president plans to give a major policy speech on the Middle East on Thursday, meet Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday and address an influential pro-Israel lobbying group on Sunday.Praising the King's reform efforts, Obama said the United States was helping Jordan with economic aid and providing 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat to ease the pain of high world commodity prices."I am pleased to announce that we have mobilized several hundreds of millions of dollars through OPEC and that will leverage ultimately about a billion dollars for economic development inside of Jordan," Obama said, referring to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. He provided no details.