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UNITED NATIONS, March 22 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Amman, Jordan, on Monday to meet with Jordanian leaders and visit Syrian refugees there, Farhan Haq, the deputy UN spokesman, told reporters here Wednesday.
"While in Jordan, he is expected to meet with King Abdullah II and other senior officials," Haq said at a daily news briefing here. "He will also visit the Zaatari refugee camp, which hosts close to 80,000 Syrian refugees."
Afterwards,the secretary-general will attend the Summit of the League of Arab States (LAS) on Wednesday at the Dead Sea, where he will meet with participating heads of state and government, as well as LAS Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, Haq said.
Guterres is expected to return to New York on April 3, Haq added.
