Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat left Amman Sunday after a two-day visit for talks with King Abdullah II on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in Washington, a Palestinian diplomatic source said.
The Palestinian leader was heading by helicopter to Bethlehem in the West Bank where he is due to attend traditional midnight mass to mark Christmas in the town where the gospels say Jesus Christ was born, the source added.
Before his departure, Arafat met with Iraqi ambassador to Amman Sabah Yassin to thank him for the various forms of aid supplied by Iraq to the Palestinian people since the start of the Intifada at the end of September, the source added.
Arafat and the Jordanian king Saturday discussed negotiations going on in Washington between Israelis and Palestinians and initiatives that could be launched on the "Arab and international fronts" to support the Palestinians, according to a spokesman for the Royal Palace.
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