House speaker receives Cypriot ambassador

By Petra - Dec 29,2014 - Last updated at Dec 29,2014

AMMAN — Lower House speaker Atef Tarawneh and Cypriot Ambassador to Jordan Charalambos Hadjisavvas on Monday discussed ways to boost relations and reviewed the latest regional developments.

Discussions focused on the Syrian crisis, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the Syrian refugee influx.

At the meeting, Tarawneh was handed a letter from Yiannakis Omirou, president of the Cypriot house of representatives, outlining correspondence with EU migration and humanitarian assistance officials on the refugee crisis that Jordan is dealing with, based on observations during his September visit to Jordan.

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