{
  "id": 16626351,
  "title": "Iraqi Prime Minister meets Jordan’s King and PM to discuss bilateral ties",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/iraqi-prime-minister-meets-jordans-king-and-pm-to-discuss-bilateral",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T15:57:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/10/26/iraqi-prime-minister-meets-jordans-king-and-pm-to-discuss-bilateral-ties/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Monday, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi met with Jordan's King Abdullah II and Prime Minister Jaafar Hassan in Amman to discuss strengthening bilateral relations and expanding cooperation across various sectors. The talks, reported by Jordan’s Petra news agency, focused on areas such as energy, electricity interconnection, transport, and security.\n\nDuring the meetings, King Abdullah and Mr. Al Zaidi explored methods to enhance joint efforts between the neighboring nations, particularly in energy, electricity interconnection, transport, and security. Iraqi Prime Minister Al Zaidi and Jordanian Prime Minister Hassan led the expanded discussions between their respective delegations, reviewing bilateral relations and exploring ways to strengthen cooperation in energy, the economy, investment, trade, industry, and security. Both delegations emphasized the significance of the Palestinian cause and the importance of upholding the Palestinian people's rights.\n\nThe leaders called for ongoing diplomatic efforts and dialogue to tackle regional challenges, resolve crises and conflicts, and minimize their consequences. Prime Minister Al Zaidi highlighted the importance of establishing a free-trade zone between the two countries to boost commercial exchanges and deepen economic integration. Jordanian Prime Minister Hassan affirmed that the visit underscored the depth of relations between the neighbors and reaffirmed Jordan's support for Iraq's government and people.\n\nThe visit also saw the signing of nine memorandums of understanding and programs aimed at expanding cooperation in areas such as competition policies, environmental protection, higher education and scientific research, consumer protection, and documents and archives. These agreements also cover support for small and medium-sized enterprises, a cultural cooperation program running until 2028, and an educational cooperation program for the same period.",
  "summary": "Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi met Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Prime Minister Jaafar Hassan in Amman on Monday for talks on strengthening bilateral relations and expanding co-operation across sectors. King Abdullah and Mr Al Zaidi discussed ways to enhance joint action between the neighbouring countries, particularly in energy, electricity interconnection, transport and security, Jordan’s…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}