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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. |
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