AMMAN — The
30th session of the
Jordanian-Egyptian Joint Higher Committee meetings kicked
off Monday in Cairo, and is co-chaired by Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh
and his Egyptian counterpart Mostafa Madbouly.
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The meeting tackled means to increase trade
exchange, in addition to boosting cooperation in health, medicine, energy,
tourism, and transport.
Jordan and Egypt signed a number of memoranda
of understanding and executive programs, in areas of logistics, higher
education, youth work, and media.
In a speech, the prime minister highlighted
the “distinguished relations” between Jordan and Egypt, which were founded and
cemented under the directives of His Majesty
King Abdullah and Egyptian President
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
He stressed that Jordan and Egypt are “being
targeted by evil forces that pursue dark ideology” over the two countries’
unwavering commitment to national issues.
Khasawneh said “such targeting takes many
forms, sometimes through the media, and at other times through leaks by
suspicious parties and organizations, such as the Pandora papers.”
He also underlined Jordan and Egypt’s firm
stance on the Palestinian cause and the establishment of a Palestinian state
along June 4, 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The prime minister reiterated Jordan’s support
for the “the legal and historical framework governing” Egypt’s rights to the
Nile River.
On Lebanon, the Khasawneh highlighted Jordan
and Egypt’s swift response by taking measures to assist the country address its
energy crisis so that it will not be “an arena for settling regional accounts”.
The outcomes of a recent visit of the
HRH Crown Prince Hussein to Egypt will be followed up on through a project that
will integrate tourism in the Red Sea and the Sinai Peninsula and Aqaba, Petra,
and Wadi Rum.
For his part, Madbouly underlined his
country’s commitment to increasing trade and development cooperation with
Jordan, pointing to the Egyptian president’s directives to raise the capacity
of the electric line linking the two countries and broadening cooperation to
include
Iraq and
Lebanon.
He also stressed Egypt’s commitment to meeting
Jordan’s needs of commodities and foodstuffs during the coming period,
especially as the holy month of Ramadan approaches.
He lauded the Kingdom’s care for the Egyptian workers,
underscoring the role of businessmen and the private sector in the two
countries in boosting investments and exploring available opportunities and
areas of cooperation.
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