AMMAN – On Thursday, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, said that the ministry’s budget is “modest”
considering its required role, where it currently has 59 diplomatic missions,
in addition to the
Jordan Institute of Diplomacy (JID), pointing out that 95
percent of the budget is related to diplomatic missions and salaries.
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Safadi added during a meeting with the
Finance Committee in
the House of Representatives that the total current and capital expenditures
are estimated at JD54.8 million, an increase of JD2.3 million from 2023,
Khaberni reported.
The budget indicates that the most prominent differences
between the estimated allocations for 2024 and the re-estimated allocations for
2023 in the current expenditures item, where the total compensation for workers
was increased by JD 1.4 million to cover the natural increase in the
compensation of workers and to cover the
cost of vacancies, new updates, people
transferred to the ministry, and the departure of administrative and diplomatic
attachés to embassies and consulates.
Operating expenses were increased by JD550,000, focused on
fuel, electricity, goods, and services expenses, in addition to an increase in
other expenses by JD26,000 due to the increase in missions, training courses,
and bonuses for non-employees. Capital expenditures increased by JD259,000 for
the maintenance of embassy buildings and the purchase of
armored vehicles.
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