AMMAN, MARCH 11, SPA -- PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS BRIEFED HERE YESTERDAY KING ABDULLAH II OF JORDAN ON THE DEVELOPMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FORMATION OF THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT. ABBAS LAUDED THE SPEECH RECENTLY DELIVERED BY THE JORDANIAN MONARCH BEFORE THE US CONGRESS, AND SAID IT WAS A HISTORICAL AND UNPRECEDENTED SPEECH. ON HIS PART, KING ABDULLAH II BRIEFED ABBAS ON THE OUTCOME OF HIS TALKS IN WASHINGTON DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO THE US.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/431677