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US ambassador visits Zarqa
By JT - Jan 21,2016 - Last updated at Jan 21,2016
AMMAN — US Ambassador to Jordan Alice G. Wells on Thursday met with Zarqa Governor Raed Odwan and discussed economic conditions in the governorate.
At the meeting, held on the sidelines of the ambassador’s visit to Zarqa, Odwan presented a briefing on the industrial and investment status in the governorate, some 22km east of Amman, which is home to some 52 per cent of national industries.
Wells also met with presidents and members of the Zarqa chambers of industry and commerce, and discussed issues related to investment and increasing exports to the US, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
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