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Israel, Jordan sign draft peace accord
AMMAN. Oct 17: The prime ministers of Israel and Jordan initialled a draft treaty today after settling longstanding differences over water rights and borders, opening the way to full-fledged peace after 46 years of conflict, reports AP.
The accord comes nearly three months after a White House ceremony in which King Hussein of Jordan and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel agree to end their state Of war. Jordan will become only the second Arab country after Egypt to make peace with Israel.
It is the latest accomplishment in the 3-year-old US-medlaied effort to broker an
end to decades of conflict in the Middle East. It gives a needed boost to the Middle East peace process at a time when Israel's relations with the PLO are strained and talks with Syria have not reached a breakthrough.
The treaty was expected to be ratified quickly by both sides.
The draft was initialled by Rabin and Prime Minister Abdul Salam Majali of Jordan at a ceremony attended by officials and Journalists from both countries at Hashemiyeh Palace. 16 kilometers west of the capital. Amman.
Rabin said he hoped a full treatv would be signed by the
end of next week in the Middle East. He did not give an exact location.
In Jerusalem. Israeli ^tate television said the ceremony would be held next Thursday. October 27. on the border between the two countries in the Arava Desert, north of the Red Sea.
US President Bill Clinton is likely to attend, diplomats said.
Hussein, whose government has cooperated for years with Israel despite their stale of war, said the treaty heralded a new era.
"Hopefully, it is "a fresh beginning and a fresh start." he. said before the signing ceremony.
Rabin called the signing a historically unique moment' and said the agreement would be a cornerstone for, a new Middle East in which this cooperation will serve to replace the hatred, violence and war."
President Clinton said today he was delighted by the announcement. In a statement at Andrews Air Force Base, he said. "This agreement reminds us I liat moderation and reason are prevailing."
Rabin said he would like Clinton to attend the signing. Clinton hosted the White House ceremony July 25. ’
Under the draft, Israel agrted to return, to Jordan most of the lands it demanded, but will lease certain areas in which there are Israeli settlements or farms, said an Israeli official in Jerusalem, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Other land disputes were settled by swapping territory, he said. /
Jordan was demanding the return of 381 square kilometers (152 square miles) of desert and farmland that Israel seized after the 1948.Middle East War.
On water, the two sides agreed to start new projects on the Yarmouk River to Increase the amounts flowing to Jordan. Israel and Jordan will
ask the World Bank to finance additional projects, a senior Israeli official said.
It was Rabin's third visit to Jordan in two weeks and his fourth since the July meeting at the White House.
"We sat together throughout the night. The atmosphere was exceptional. The prime minister and the King went through the draft of a peaee treaty paragraph by paragraph. We made very serious progress." Shimon Sheves, a senior Rabin aide, told Israel army radio in a telephone interview from Amman.