Jordanian Foreign Minister Salah Bashir met Saturday with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari and expressed Amman's concerns over the latest developments in Iraq, according to DPA. "Bashir expressed Jordan's concerns over the current situation in Iraq which threatened to undermine stability in the region," an official statement said. Bashir "underscored the importance of the Arab role in supporting Iraq's unity, sovereignty and stability" but said that "solutions should emanate in the first place from inside Iraq aloof of foreign interventions." Bashir promised Zebari that the Hashemite Kingdom would continue to host more than 500,000 Iraqis until circumstances permitted them to return home.
