AMMAN, April 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Jordan and Iraq are to establish a new border center to facilitate the flow of passengers and goods between the two countries, the Jordan Times said Sunday.

    The new center will be located at 4 km inside the Jordanian territory to make more rooms for trucks to enter the country, Jordanian Interior Minister Awni Yervas was quoted as saying.

    He said the proposed new center will be able to do its job smoothly for the next 50 years, adding that the new center is necessary because of the increasing traffic across the current Karameh border.

    According to official figures, 178,000 people crossed the borders from Iraq into Jordan last year while 183,000 entered Iraq from Jordan. Enditem