Last update - 13:30 13/10/2005

Sources: Abbas to visit Jordan, Egypt, Vatican, France, U.S., Israel

By DPA

Palestinian officials said Wednesday that Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas would head for one-day talks in Amman with King Abdullah II of Jordan and Jordanian officials.

The sources said that Abbas is scheduled to brief the king and the Jordanian officials on the results of the latest preparations for the summit that would be held on early November between Abbas and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

Abbas would then head to Egypt to hold talks with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak, said the sources adding that Abbas would then pay a first visit to the Vatican.
 

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