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[00:00.00]Jordan was chosen as the venue for the meeting
[00:03.22]because the Forum considers it "a regional leader in political and social reforms,"
[00:08.18]as well as one of the few Middle East countries to have a peace treaty with Israel.
[00:12.29]Jordanian Planning Minister Bassem Awadallah says,
[00:15.32]in addition to focusing on regional issues, such as Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
[00:21.04]the Jordanian government hopes to use the meeting as a showcase for its own democratic transition.