(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency)
Vienna Nov. 18 (Petra)-- His Majesty King Abdullah II Wednesday continued his European tour where he met in Vienna with Austrian president Heins Fischer and discussed the bilateral ties in the framework of the advanced level Jordan enjoys with the European Union (EU).
His Majesty during the expanded talks said that '' I am truly delighted to be back in Vienna. This is an old historic relationship between our two countries and our two peoples. We had an example of how this relationship was built by the visits of His Majesty the late King Hussein.''
His Majesty expressed his pride in the relations between Jordan and Austria and said '' And next year we will actually celebrate our 60th anniversary of the relationship between our two nations. It has always been a strong relationship and one we are very proud of.''
The King underscored that '' With all the challenges we have this is a global war against terror. We are all outraged with what happened in Paris recently. You and I have talked many times about how we all need to come together of this global threat to have a holistic approach on how we deal with this challenge.''
His Majesty stressed that '' So we have seen the challenges of Paris but we have seen it across the world unfortunately. Even in the past year more than 100000 Muslims have been killed by Daesh alone in Syria and Iraq.''
The King added that '' So this is a problem that we Muslims have been dealing with as a fight inside of our religion. I keep reaching out to my colleagues that we all have to come together against this global tyranny and be able to fight this fight together.''
The King said that '' And I am actually optimistic that as the future unfolds that we will all come together as a global community to be able to fight this threat.''
On refugee crisis His Majesty said '' Refugees are fleeing from violence in Syria and Iraq. And again I appreciate the role your country has played in supporting my country. We are at 20 percent of our population are Syrian refugees. Most of them are not in refugee camps only about 10 percent.''
'' And I know that at least the bilateral relations between our two countries will only grow stronger because of the common challenges we face'' His Majesty said.
In turn the Austrian President said that '' It is always a pleasure to have friends from abroad but it is a special pleasure to receive His Majesty the King of Jordan who is an old friend of Austria and I may say a personal friend and we have regular meetings and exchange of opinions'' adding that '' And I am happy that we after only two months since we met in New York we can continue and that is good.''
He emphasized that '' And I remember your father (King Hussein) when he was received in Vienna by President Bruno Kreisky learning how he deals with international problems and accompanying him on many many trips to Arabic countries.''
He said that '' We are now in a very difficult situation. It is enough to have one big conflict but it is more than enough to have several big conflicts. Last time in Vienna we discussed the issue of Ukraine; this was the number one problem. Ukraine is still a problem; maybe on a better way than it was a year ago. This negotiation process is very complicated but it is taking place. But an additional problem is Syria in the present complicated situation.''
'' An additional problem are things like the terror in Paris other places of the world'' The Austrian President added.
On Iran talks with the six world powers in Vienna the Austrian President said '' A positive result from the Austrian position is that the negotiations in Vienna on Iran had a positive result after all.''
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18/11/2015 - 09:25:47 PM
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