AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi met Friday in Doha
with Qatar Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammad bin
Abdul Rahman Al-Thani, the Jordan News Agency, Petra reported.
اضافة اعلان
The meeting covered bilateral ties
and regional and international issues of common interest.
Safadi congratulated Sheikh Mohammad
on appointing him as prime minister, in addition to his position as minister of
foreign affairs, wishing him success under the leadership of Sheikh Tamim bin
Hamad Al Thani, the emir of Qatar.
He expressed keenness to continue
working together to enhance the strategic relations between the two countries
and develop them in various fields, in implementation of directives of His
Majesty King Abdullah and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Growing cooperationBoth officials highlighted the
growing development in cooperation between Jordan and Qatar in various economic
and investment fields.
They discussed various cooperation
programs in economic, investment, and trade fields, and measures taken by the
two countries to increase cooperation, in implementation of the outcomes of the
summit that brought together King Abdullah and Sheikh Tamim in Doha at the
beginning of this year.
Safadi also thanked Sheikh Mohammad
for the care provided to Jordanian citizens residing in Qatar, whose numbers
have increased to about 70,000 since Sheikh Tamim's initiative to provide
10,000 jobs for Jordanians in 2018 and another 10,000 in 2020.
Sheikh Mohammad reaffirmed his
country's keenness to develop relations with Jordan in many fields, especially
in investment.
Palestinian causeSafadi and Sheikh Mohammad also
discussed the Palestinian cause, and Sheikh Mohammad reaffirmed that fulfilling
all the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to
freedom and an independent and sovereign state on the pre-June 4, 1967 borders,
with East Jerusalem as its capital, on the basis of the two-state solution, is
the only way to achieve a just and comprehensive peace.
Safadi briefed Sheikh Mohammad on
Jordan's efforts in coordination with partners to stop the illegal Israeli
measures that undermine the two-state solution and fuel violence, including the
Aqaba meeting.
Sheikh Mohammad and Safadi agreed to
continue coordination and consultation on these efforts.
The meeting also dealt with efforts
exerted to solve the Syrian crisis, as Sheikh Mohammad and Safadi discussed the
Jordanian initiative based on direct Arab engagement with the Syrian government
to gradually move towards resolving the crisis according to the step-by-step
methodology.
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