AMMAN — Direct
flights between Amman and Algiers will be launched on March 9, with two weekly
flights run by
Royal Jordanian Airlines and two weekly flights by
Air Algerie,
said Minister of Industry, Trade, and Supply and Minister of Labor Youssef
Al-Shamali on Tuesday.
اضافة اعلان
A meeting was held
between a Jordanian ministerial delegation a number of Algerian ministers in
Algeria on Monday to discuss areas for bilateral cooperation.
In a statement carried
by the Jordan News Agency, Petra, on Tuesday, Shamali said that the
Jordanian-Algerian talks reflected a shared desire to strengthen bilateral
cooperation in various fields, to serve common interests and build on the
outcomes of His Majesty King Abdullah’s visit to Algeria in December.
Partnership and
tradeShamali emphasized the
importance of forming multiple partnerships in order to address the challenges
of food security, supply chains, emergency situations, and global geopolitical
factors.
In terms of trade
exchange, during the first 11 months of 2022, Jordanian exports to Algeria
totaled $93.5 million, up 8.1 percent from the corresponding period of 2021,
the minister said.
Meanwhile, the
Kingdom's imports from Algeria totaled $138.5 million, up 52.7 percent from
2021 figures.
A roadmap for
2023–2025During the meeting on
Monday, the two sides reached an agreement on a roadmap to advance economic,
trade, and investment cooperation for the years 2023–2025, or until the
meetings of the joint Jordanian-Algerian committee are held, in order to carry
out the visions and directives of the two governments and apply the outcomes of
the recent Royal visit to Algeria.
The roadmap highlights
key cooperation projects with the objective of expanding trade exchange,
investment volume, and sectoral cooperation activities.
Additionally, it outlines
the launch of an Algerian-Jordanian Businessmen Council, while stipulating the
ratification of trade and investment agreements, and planning meetings between
economic experts and businesspeople from the two nations to discuss potential
joint ventures.
New horizons of
cooperationThe officials also
decided to accelerate ongoing cooperation projects and look into new
opportunities in priority sectors like energy, mining, culture, industry,
agriculture, transport, tourism, handicrafts, health, labor and employment, and
social security.
Additionally, it was
decided to hold meetings of the current sectoral committees before the end of
this year as well as the ninth session of the Jordanian-Algerian Joint
Committee in Amman in June this year. Sector-specific technical committees and
collaborative work teams will also be established to investigate and monitor
bilateral cooperation in areas of shared interest.
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