Jordan Gets First of 3 Saudi Aid Payments
From Reuters
AMMAN, Jordan — Saudi Arabia has given Jordan $119.7 million as the first of three scheduled aid payments this year, the Jordanian Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
At a 1978 Arab summit meeting in Iraq, seven oil-producing states pledged aid to Jordan, Syria and the Palestine Liberation Organization in their confrontation with Israel. Jordan’s share was $1.25 billion a year.
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