Jordanian Quotes

Following the recent elections, we observed signs that the Jordanian government was ready to turn the page, which is something we welcome. - Khaled Meshaal

At the end of last week we learned that the government of Syria has agreed to receive the group of 181 Palestinian refugees stranded at the Iraq-Jordanian border. We have not been informed that other Palestinians will be allowed into Syria. - William Spindler

And as an American colleague said to me several months ago, he said, 'I think the challenge in Jordan - and, again, this is for the rest of the Middle East - we need to define what center is. And once we can define what center is to a Jordanian, then we can decide what's left and what's right of that. - King Abdullah II

All those who took part in these operations are non-Jordanians. I will not go into details now. But there are no Jordanians among them. - Marwan Muasher

A Jordanian embassy car was the target of gunfire from armed men who wounded the Iraqi driver Jamal Salman Russen who had stopped at a petrol station to fill up. - Nasser Jawdeh

A joint security committee comprising the Jordanian interior minister and the Iraqi interior minister will be formed to study all joint security issues. - Adnan Badran

[The Palestinian Authority ordered flags lowered to half-staff for one day and declared a three-day period of mourning.] It's a very sad day for Palestinians, and we extend our condolences to King Abdullah and the Jordanian people... We condemn this attack vehemently. - Ahmed Qureia

[The Jordanians] run a very, very tight ship in terms of security so they have been able to foil a number of attacks, ... But particularly with the war in Iraq, there will be more spillover. - Brian Jenkins