AMMAN —
Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) President Khalil Haj Tawfiq stressed the importance of boosting cooperation
between Jordanian stakeholders and their counterparts from the Republic of
Malta, to strengthen the two countries’ trade and investment opportunities.
اضافة اعلان
During a meeting with Permanent Secretary of Malta’s
Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade Christopher Cutajar, Haj
Tawfiq said trade between the two countries is “still very modest and below
ambitions, despite the availability of great opportunities to increase them”.
According to an ACC
statement released Wednesday, Haj Tawfiq said the Maltese trade could benefit
from Jordan’s strategic location and from enhanced economic relations between
the two countries.
He said 85 percent of Jordan’s food needs are
imported, urging cooperation in the industry to inform
ACC of exportable
products.
Cutajar reaffirmed the “distinguished political
relations” between the two countries and the need to strengthen commercial
relations to increase trade.
He pointed to the need to focus on specific economic
sectors of priority in the meantime, and then expand to encompass other
sectors, pointing to cooperation opportunities in Jordan’s tourism and service
sectors.
A tourist visa can be acquired though the Italian
embassy in Amman, he noted, adding that, in cooperation with the Identity Malta
Agency, which is responsible for identity and travel arrangements, work is
under way to facilitate issuing a visa for Jordanians wishing to visit Malta.
“We will cooperate with Jordan to provide training courses
in maritime laws,” said Cutajar, pointing to a training program that will be
held online next April and May for law companies and bodies specialized in
commercial cases.
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