Home Secretary Theresa May is to visit Jordan to discuss the deportation of radical cleric Abu Qatada.
Qatada has been released from jail under strict bail conditions while the Government seeks assurances that evidence gained through torture would not be used in any trial against him if he were sent back.
But the 51-year-old, once described by a judge as Osama bin Laden 's right-hand man in Europe, could be freed from his bail terms in just three months if Mrs May fails to show significant progress is being made in the talks.
Mrs May said: "The Home Office minister for crime and security, James Brokenshire MP , has led useful discussions with the Jordanian authorities and talks with officials will continue.
"The UK and Jordan remain committed to ensuring that Abu Qatada must face justice and are pursuing all options with regard to his deportation and it is my intention to travel back to continue those negotiations shortly."
Qatada was released from Long Lartin high-security jail on Monday after applying for bail.
Human rights judges in Europe had ruled he could not be deported without assurances from Jordan that evidence gained through torture would not be used against him.
The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights ruled that sending Qatada back without such assurances would be a "flagrant denial of justice".
Mr Justice Mitting, chairman of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, then ruled last week that Qatada should be bailed after six-and-a-half years in custody.
He gave the Home Secretary three months to show significant progress had been made in the talks or risk Qatada being freed without conditions.
Last week, Prime Minister David Cameron told King Abdullah of the "frustrating and difficult" position Britain was in over its efforts to deport the Islamist radical.
Ayman Odeh, the Jordanian legislative affairs minister, has said the country passed a constitutional amendment in September to ban the use of evidence obtained through torture.
