Fed: Howard offers condolences for death of King Hussein

AAP General News (Australia)
02-08-1999
Fed: Howard offers condolences for death of King Hussein

Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD has offered Australia's profound condolences to the Jordanian
people and the family of King HUSSEIN following his death from cancer last night.

In a message sent to the Prime Minister of Jordan, Mr HOWARD says King HUSSEIN's death was
a great loss to Jordan, to the Middle East and to the world.

Mr HOWARD says he brought vision and perseverence to the pursuit of peace in the Middle
East, and made truly historic efforts to come to terms with its …