Baird, Jordan's King Abdullah to discuss Syria at meeting Canada providing $11.5M to Jordan to help with influx of Syrian refugees...

The ongoing turmoil in Syria will be a major of topic of discussion when Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird meets with Jordan's king on Sunday.

Baird is due to meet with King Abdullah on Sunday afternoon after talks with Jordan's foreign minister earlier in the day.

Jordan has taken in more than a quarter of a million Syrian refugees and Canada is providing $11.5 million Cdn to help Jordanian officials handle the influx.

Government sources say in addition to Syria, Baird will talk about increased political and economic cooperation between the two countries and likely the Middle East peace process.

Canada signed a Free Trade Agreement with Jordan last fall.

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