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| Mullen in Jordan and Israel after the fall of Mubarak |
| 2011-02-13 |
| [Ennahar] The highest-ranking U.S. Admiral Mike Mullen is scheduled to visit Sunday and Monday in Jordan and Israel to reaffirm America's commitment to these "key partners" after the fall of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, said Friday the Pentagon. The Chief of Joint Staff will first travel to Amman where he will meet King Abdullah II and his counterpart, General Meshal Al-Zabn, according to his front man, Capt. John Kirby. He will then fly to Israel where he will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres. He will also attend Monday's handover of power between the Chief of Staff of the Israeli army, General Gaby Ashkenazi and his successor, Major General Benny Gantz. During his meetings, Admiral Mullen, "will discuss security issues of common interest and to reaffirm to these two key partners the commitment of the U.S. Army" on their sides, according to the front man. Since the beginning of the unrest in Egypt Jan. 25, Israel, an important ally of Washington, fears that a possible emergence of an Islamist power in Cairo threatens the peace treaty with its neighbor and upset the region strategy. The White House on Friday urged the new authorities in Egypt to honor the peace agreements with Israel, following the resignation of geriatric President Hosni Mubarak. Jordan is on its side, in the grip of a movement of social and political protest which resulted in several demonstrations, echoing those which caused the downfall of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia in mid-January and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. |
| Posted by:Fred |