AMMAN — Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Al-Safadi discussed with his
Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib Jordanian-Lebanese relations and
regional and international issues of common interest.
اضافة اعلان
During a meeting on Tuesday at the
Foreign Ministry in Amman, the ministers reaffirmed a common interest in building on
the historical relations between the two countries and increasing bilateral
cooperation.
In a joint press conference, Safadi
emphasized the strategic and
historic relations with Lebanon, highlighting the
decades of cooperation and joint action working to serve the interests of the
two brotherly countries and Arab issues.
Economy, electricitySafadi said Jordan “
will continue to firmly stand by Lebanon to overcome the crisis it is facing and restore its security
and status within the Arab region”.
However, reform must come from within
Lebanon, he added. He voiced Jordan's confidence that the Lebanese brothers
will overcome the challenges and reach the necessary consensus to reinvigorate
national institutions to serve the country's interests and its people.
Safadi said Jordan “will continue to firmly stand by Lebanon to overcome the crisis it is facing and restore its security and status within the Arab region”.
Safadi told reporters his talks with
Bou Habib tackled economic cooperation, including supplying Lebanon with electricity
via Syria after Lebanon finalizes an agreement with the
World Bank, which will
finance the electrical interconnection project.
Refugees, Syrian crisisRegarding Syrian refugees, Safadi said that
providing a decent life for refugees “is not only the responsibility of host
countries, but a responsibility shared by the international community”.
“We will continue to do whatever we can to
provide a decent life for the refugees until conditions allow them to return
voluntarily to their country, which we hope will restore its security,
stability and regional role,” he pledged.
Safadi said Jordan is working with the
international community to reach a political solution to the
Syrian crisis through the Jordanian Initiative, based on the Arab role of engaging directly
with the Syrian government on reciprocal basis to reach a gradual solution that
ends the crisis and addresses all its political, humanitarian, and security
ramifications.
“We will continue to do whatever we can to provide a decent life for the refugees until conditions allow them to return voluntarily to their country, which we hope will restore its security, stability and regional role.”
He said
Jordan and Lebanon, both neighboring countries of Syria, want to see an end to this catastrophic crisis
for which the Syrian people have paid a heavy price and the entire region has
borne its adverse repercussions.
Palestinian issueSafadi also said he and the
Lebanese minister discussed the Palestinian issue and efforts exerted “to stop
deterioration in the occupied Palestinian territories and confront extremist
agendas that are in violation of Palestinian people's rights and that try to
block them from achieving their full political privileges”. Among these privileges,
he noted the right to establish an independent, sovereign state with occupied
Jerusalem as its capital on the June 4, 1967 lines and on the basis of the
two-state solution.
He reiterated Jordan's unwavering support
of the Palestinian people and their rights, and said the Kingdom has continued
coordinating at the regional and international levels to end the ongoing
Israeli violations against them and stop attempts to change the historical and
legal status quo at Islamic and Christian holy sites in occupied Jerusalem.
For his part, Bou Habib
thanked Jordan for its support of Lebanon, including its provision of aid after the massive
explosion at Beirut Port in August 2020.
Lebanon, he said, also backs Jordan's
position towards recent events and condemns the escalation by the Israeli
occupation authorities in occupied Palestine, specifically in the city of
Jerusalem, reiterating support for the Hashemite Custodianship over the
Christian and Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem.
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