Jordan's
king Abdullah II is to travel to Moscow on
Wednesday for
talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Syrian conflict, after visits to the Vatican and Austria, the palace said. The
king will stop Monday in the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis, who is to visit
Jordan as part of a Holy Land tour in May, before heading to Austria on Tuesday. He will then travel to Moscow for
talks with Putin on the devastating three-year war in Syria, an ally of Russia, the palace said in a statement. The conflict has killed more than 150,000 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, while half the population is estimated to have fled their homes.
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