AMMAN — Japan has extended a
new grant aid of 500 million Japanese yen, approximately $4.8 million, that
will be used to buy security equipment.
In a statement, the Japanese
embassy in Amman said the assistance is aimed to “enhancing the security in Jordan under the framework of Japan’s Official
Development Assistance for ‘the Economic and Social Development Program’.”
The exchange of notes was signed Thursday between
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nasser Shraideh and
Ambassador of Japan to Jordan Shimazaki Kaoru at the Ministry of Planning and
International Cooperation.
A ministry statement
quoted Shraideh as saying that the funds would be used to complete a project to
enhance security measures on Jordan’s borders, covering areas that remained
unequipped with the security gear after wrapping up the two first phases of the
plan, which were also funded by Japanese grants worth $6.3 million.
The ambassador said in his remarks at the
ceremony that “ten years have passed since the Syrian crisis broke out in March
2011. Japan has been highly appreciating Jordan’s generous humanitarian support
to the Syrian refugees in spite of its own economic and social constraints. I
strongly hope that the new grant aid will support Jordan’s full-scale efforts
to counter terrorism and extremism by contributing to enhancing the security in
Jordan.”
Since 2009, the total
assistance extended by Japan have amounted to around $1.7 billion, including
$626 approximately in grants and the rest as soft loans, according to the
ministry’s press release.
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