King Meets U.S. Academic Delegation

Amman
09 March 2004

His Majesty King Abdullah II met at Basman Palace on Tuesday a U.S. delegation grouping academicians and president of Stanford and Cornell Universities who help funded the project " Bridging the Rift" (BTR), the first of its kind in the Middle East.



BTR will be a scientific and technological village to attract young people would like to get their PhD from the two universities.



BTR a scientific research center that will benefit from scientific and technological expertise of the universities.