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France urges Jordan ‘respect’ in Paris attack suspect extradition

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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius asked Jordan Sunday to comply with international procedures as it seeks the extradition of the suspected mastermind of a deadly attack on a Paris Jewish restaurant in 1982.

"I have asked our Jordanian friends... to respect international procedure," Fabius said in Amman during a joint news conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh.

Fabius said that such a procedure -- apparently an extradition request -- was "under way", but did not directly call for the suspect's extradition.

An Wednesday a French legal source said in Paris that an extradition request for Zuhair Mohamad Hassan Khalid al-Abassi, a 62-year-old suspect of Palestinian origin, was being prepared.

Abassi, alias "Amjad Atta", was one of three men for whom France issued an international arrest warrant earlier this year over the attack that killed six people and wounded 22.

He was detained in Jordan on June 1 and later released on bail. A travel ban was imposed pending a decision on his extradition.

A Jordanian source close to the case told AFP on Thursday that extraditing Abassi to France may prove difficult.

"Jordan does not usually extradite its citizens to other countries, even in the case of an extradition agreement," the source said on condition of anonymity.

"In such a case, they are generally tried in specialised Jordanian courts."

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius asked Jordan Sunday to comply with international procedures as it seeks the extradition of the suspected mastermind of a deadly attack on a Paris Jewish restaurant in 1982.

“I have asked our Jordanian friends… to respect international procedure,” Fabius said in Amman during a joint news conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh.

Fabius said that such a procedure — apparently an extradition request — was “under way”, but did not directly call for the suspect’s extradition.

An Wednesday a French legal source said in Paris that an extradition request for Zuhair Mohamad Hassan Khalid al-Abassi, a 62-year-old suspect of Palestinian origin, was being prepared.

Abassi, alias “Amjad Atta”, was one of three men for whom France issued an international arrest warrant earlier this year over the attack that killed six people and wounded 22.

He was detained in Jordan on June 1 and later released on bail. A travel ban was imposed pending a decision on his extradition.

A Jordanian source close to the case told AFP on Thursday that extraditing Abassi to France may prove difficult.

“Jordan does not usually extradite its citizens to other countries, even in the case of an extradition agreement,” the source said on condition of anonymity.

“In such a case, they are generally tried in specialised Jordanian courts.”

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