PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS ARRIVED IN THE JORDANIAN CAPITAL FRIDAY FOR A BRIEF STOPOVER ON A TOUR THAT WAS DUE TO TAKE HIM TO TURKEY, LUXEMBOURG AND FRANCE, PALESTINIAN SOURCES TOLD DEUTSCHE PRESS AGENTUR (DPA) ABBAS WAS SCHEDULED TO MEET ON SATURDAY IN AMMAN WITH SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER MIGUEL ANGEL MORATINOS, THE SOURCES ADDED. TALKS WERE EXPECTED TO FOCUS ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES AND THE MIDEAST PEACE PROCESS. THE PALESTINIAN LEADER WAS EXPECTED TO ASK MADRID TO LEAD AN EFFORT TO RESUME THE EUROPEAN UNION'S FINANCIAL AID TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, WHICH FACED THE DANGER OF BANKRUPTCY, THE SOURCES SAID. THE EU, THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER DONOR COUNTRIES RECENTLY SUSPENDED ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AREAS UNTIL HAMAS, WHICH LEADS THE NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT, RECOGNIZED ISRAEL AND RENOUNCED VIOLENCE. THE SAME ISSUES ARE EXPECTED TO FIGURE PROMINENTLY DURING A MEETING BETWEEN ABBAS AND THE JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER MAROUF BAKHIT, THE PALESTINIAN SOURCES SAID. -- SPA 2325 Local Time 2025 GMT
