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Japan and Jordan open to prisoner exchange with Islamic State
Published Tue, Jan 27, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Amman
JORDAN is in indirect talks with Islamic State to secure the release of a Japanese war journalist and a Jordanian pilot held by the militants, a member of the kingdom's parliament said on Tuesday.
The negotiations are taking place through religious and tribal leaders in Iraq, Bassam Al-Manaseer, chairman of the foreign affairs committee in Jordan's Lower House of parliament, said in an interview in Amman.
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