AMMAN — The Board of Directors of
Jordan-Europe Business Association (JEBA) discussed with the German Ambassador to Jordan,
Bernhard Kampmann, future cooperation opportunities and mechanisms for
strengthening Jordanian-German economic relations, the Jordan News Agency,
Petra, reported.
اضافة اعلان
A JEBA statement
on Sunday said its directors stressed the importance of strengthening joint
cooperation and expanding networks of contacts, cooperation and partnership
between the two sides’ business owners and investors.
JEBA President
Ali Murad called on the German side to strengthen its investment projects in
the Kingdom, especially in energy, tourism, medicine fields and take advantage
of privileges granted to foreign investors, including Jordan’s free trade
agreements signed with many countries and economic blocs.
Lauding the
“deep-rooted” joint relations between the two countries, Murad pointed to
potential cooperation with German partners to start a pilot project to
manufacture green hydrogen and export Jordanian products to Germany and
European countries as an important gateway to enter the EU market.
Meanwhile, JEBA members
stressed the need to facilitate visa procedures for JEBA members at the German
Embassy in Amman, and called on granting them long-stay permits.
They also urged
strengthening cooperation channels with JEBA and the German Embassy in the
economic field, and to take part in specialized German exhibitions.
In this regard,
they stressed the need to intensify JEBA’s cooperation with the German Embassy,
and discuss the possibility of joint cooperation with the
German-Arab Chamber Of Industry & Commerce, as well as organize a delegation’s visit to
Germany.
Highlighting the importance of employing Jordanian workers in Germany in
various sectors, they referred to providing vocational training to enter the
German market after studying the required needs.
Jordanian exports to
Germany amounted to JD13 million between January and July, while the Kingdom
imported JD236 million worth of German goods in the same period this year.
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