PM highlights efforts to protect holy sites in Jerusalem

By Petra - Mar 06,2014 - Last updated at Mar 06,2014

AMMAN — Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Thursday highlighted efforts exerted by Jordan to protect Islamic and Christian sites in Jerusalem.

During a meeting with Latin Patriarch of the Holy Land and Jordan Fouad Twal, Latin Bishop of Jordan Maroun Lahham and president of the church’s court, Jihad Shweihat, Ensour stressed the need to halt attempts to empty the city of its original inhabitants.

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