AMMAN — Jordan on Wednesday
renewed its support for Iraq’s anti-terror efforts as the two sides met to
follow up on a recent summit at the leaders’ level last month.
اضافة اعلان
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates,
Ayman Safadi, discussed Wednesday with an
Iraqi parliamentary delegation headed by the First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi
Parliament, Hassan Al-Kaabi, ways to strengthen brotherly relations to
"broader" horizons of cooperation and coordination in various fields
to serve common interests, which would achieve visions of the two countries'
leaderships, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
Safadi stressed the importance of
building on the outcomes of the tripartite summit held last June in Baghdad and
brought together leaders of Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt, within a joint cooperation
mechanism.
Safadi affirmed the Kingdom's "firm" position to support Iraq in
bolstering its security and stability, consolidating the "remarkable"
victory Bagdad has achieved against terror gangs, and supporting it in the
reconstruction process.
Iraq, he said, is a pillar of
security and stability in the region and has a "major" role in
enhancing regional security and stability.
Petra also reported that President
of Iraq Barham Salih on Wednesday warned against threats from the ISIS to
northern Iraq.
"We must be vigilant and careful of remnants of the Daesh terrorist
organization that seeks to destabilize security and stability from time to
time." said Salih in a meeting with Iraqis from the northern parts of the
country.
He said the country has no other
option other than fighting terror through promoting coexistence, highlighting
that Daesh, using the Arabic acronym of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, is
trying to sew discord between different ethnic groups.
In Amman, the Iraqi parliamentary
delegation, for their part, lauded the Kingdom's "firm" stances in
supporting Iraq and the joint continuous cooperation and coordination.
The Iraqi lawmakers also affirmed their country's keenness to enhance joint
cooperation and develop brotherly relations in various fields within the
tripartite cooperation mechanism and maintain consultation and coordination on
challenges to serve common interests.
In Baghdad Summit’s communique, the
three countries agreed expressed support for each other regarding high-profile
issue concerning each partner, such as the terror threat in Iraq, the Ethiopian
Dam for Egypt and Jerusalem for Jordan.
In the economic sphere, they agreed
on "measures to translate the strategic relations among the three
countries into tangible impact on the ground." They agreed to increase the
volume of trade exchange and strengthen cooperation in the fields of health,
industry, and pharmaceuticals. The leaders name mega projects to serve the
interests of the three nations, including taking the necessary measures to
start building the joint Iraqi-Jordanian economic estate project, enhancing the
electricity interconnection project and exchanging power among the three
countries, linking gas conveyance networks between Iraq and Egypt via Jordan,
and providing an outlet to facilitate Iraqi oil exports through Jordan by
extending the Basra–Aqaba pipeline, among others.
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