Head of U.S. President Barack Obama to Jordan today, Friday, for talks with King Abdullah, a key ally of the United States of America in the Middle East is expected to focus on the conflict in Syria and opportunities for peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.
Obama will travel to Amman after he finished the first official visit by a president of the United States of America to Israel and the Palestinian territories that pervaded with symbolism, which included sites with historical and religious importance.
Aides said Obama's visit to Jordan aims to reassure King Abdullah on Washington's support at a time where refugees flock to the country to escape the conflict in Syria, while the Kingdom is struggling to overcome economic difficulties and tensions caused by the revolutions of the "Arab Spring."
It is scheduled to hold Obama and Jordan's extensive consultations about the repercussions of the conflict Syrian Jordan, where the influx of more than 350 thousand refugees SYRIAN to more pressure on resources Kingdom non-oil producing, and Washington has provided some aid to alleviate the humanitarian situation.
Obama supports the efforts of the Syrian opposition to topple President Bashar al-Assad, but this support Palace on non-combat assistance to Syrian opposition fighters despite growing calls from European and Arab allies to adopt stronger policies.
The monarch took a cautious stance towards Syria and demanded Assad to leave, but he called for a "peaceful solution" did not provide arms to the Syrian fighters. Jordanian authorities fear that encouraged the rise of the Islamic movement to rule in Syria after Assad Jordanian Islamists, who form the main opposition in the kingdom.
Jordan is the second Arab country after Egypt, which signed a peace agreement with Israel and is considered a potential party in any U.S. effort to achieve peace in the Middle East in the future, and there is Jordan, large numbers of citizens of Palestinian origin.
It also deals with the agenda of the visit to the troubled economic situation in Jordan, which receives U.S. aid amounting to about 360 million dollars, as well as the renewal of the partnership between the two countries in the field of counter-terrorism.
It is expected to encourage Obama monarch to proceed with the program of economic and political reform, after two years of protests did not amount to the uprisings that shook some of its neighbors and king took careful steps toward democracy.
It is expected to visit Obama, the ancient city of Petra in southern Jordan on Saturday before heading back to Washington.
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