San Francisco, 16/4/2004, (Communication & Information Division - Royal Hashemite Court) - His Majesty King Abdullah II on Friday attended, directly following his arrival to San Francisco, ceremonies of signing a memo of understanding between the ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology and Cisco Systems.

The memo stipulates on finding a frame work of cooperation by which the two parties would explore the potential capabilities of cooperation between them in order to achieve their joint aims. Cisco Systems is one of the leading world companies in adopting support of education in Jordan, presented by the World Economic Forum held in the Dead Sea last June.

Chairman of Cisco Systems' Board John Chambers told Jordanian reporters accompanying His Majesty, that focusing on work in Jordan is partly due to the Jordanian people's creativeness and care in the field of education, in addition to the political will needed for progress, the matter which lead him to invite leading companies, in Silicon Valley such as Sun Micro Systems, Excel, and Carlyle Group among others to discuss the role such firms could play in the field of working out job opportunities in the Kingdom and further develop cooperation in the field of investment , education and developed technology to make Jordan a model in electronic education.