Spinach Muncher
04-24-2005, 01:56 PM
Jordan Times - 24/04/2005
AMMAN — Blueprints are ready for a government plan to establish a new crossing point at the border with Iraq in a bid to facilitate the flow of passengers and goods between the two countries, Interior Minister Awni Yarvas announced on Saturday.
Yarvas said the new centre would be located four kilometres inside Jordanian territory to make more room for trucks queuing up at the border.
However, immediate remedies are necessary because of the increasing traffic across the present Karameh border crossing, he added.
According to official figures, 178,000 people crossed the borders from Iraq into Jordan last year, while 183,000 entered the eastern neighbour from the Kingdom...... :)
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=89172
AMMAN — Blueprints are ready for a government plan to establish a new crossing point at the border with Iraq in a bid to facilitate the flow of passengers and goods between the two countries, Interior Minister Awni Yarvas announced on Saturday.
Yarvas said the new centre would be located four kilometres inside Jordanian territory to make more room for trucks queuing up at the border.
However, immediate remedies are necessary because of the increasing traffic across the present Karameh border crossing, he added.
According to official figures, 178,000 people crossed the borders from Iraq into Jordan last year, while 183,000 entered the eastern neighbour from the Kingdom...... :)
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=89172