Ammon News - AMMAN (Petra) The chiefs of staff of Jordan, the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada will hold a meeting in Amman in the coming few days to discuss regional security and implications of the ongoing crisis in Syria, an official military source at the Jordan Armed Forces said.

The meeting, which comes at an invitation by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Lt, Gen, Mishaal Zaben and Commander of the U.S. Central Command General Lloyd J. Austin, aims also at discussing military cooperation between these countries and Jordan to preserve the Kingdom's security and the safety of its people, the source added. The source affirmed that the meeting is a continuation of bilateral and multilateral meetings that will be followed by other meetings in the future to continue coordination between the participating countries and evaluate current events and their impact on the security of the region in general.