AMMAN — Kazakhstan Deputy
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Roman Vassilenko said that Jordan is one of the
Arab world’s most promising partners of his country, the Jordan News Agency,
Petra, reported.
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“From the first day of the establishment of
diplomatic relations between Jordan and Kazakhstan, we have been united by the
closeness of positions on major global and regional issues,” he told Petra in
an interview in the Kazakh capital, Astana.
The Kazakh official noted that both countries are
effectively interacting on multilateral platforms, including the UN, OIC, and
CICA, to coordinate their actions to resolve pressing international problems.
“The Kazakh-Jordanian relations are developing
dynamically, as two visits of the Head of Kazakhstan to Jordan took place,
Vassilenko said. “In turn, King Abdullah also visited Kazakhstan seven times.”
“The last time the leaders of the two countries met
was on the sidelines of the 77th session of the
UN General Assembly in
September 2022 in New York,” he added.
Vassilenko hailed Jordan’s participation in the work
of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, as well as
support for all international efforts aimed at resolving the Syrian crisis,
just like his country.
“We know that Jordan, as a neighboring country to
Syria, is experiencing the negative socio-economic and other consequences of
this crisis due to the influx of Syrian refugees,” Vassilenko said.
“In this context, Kazakhstan also provides
assistance to Syrian refugees in Jordan,” he said. “Namely, we provided
humanitarian assistance to the
UNHCR Office for Syrians living in the Zaatari
camp. Moreover, we appreciate the role of Amman, (which) actively participates
as an observer in the Astana process and makes a significant contribution to
the settlement of the conflict in Syria,” he noted.
On the economic level, the official said that
Kazakhstan is interested in expanding investment, trade, and economic
cooperation with Jordan. However, he added, the current volume of trade is at a
low level $3 million, as recorded between January thru August 2022.
“The main obstacle
is the lack of fast and inexpensive logistics routes between our countries. We
consider it necessary to work out specific mechanisms for the delivery of goods
from the two countries with the involvement of large logistics companies from
Kazakhstan and Jordan,” he said, stressing the need to take active measures to
build effective trade corridors.
Vassilenko highlighted the importance of the
upcoming 5th meeting of the intergovernmental commission in Amman in 2023,
which will have a positive impact on expanding trade, economic, and investment
cooperation between the two countries.
He also asserted that the establishment of direct
contacts between business circles in both countries will contribute to the
discovery of wide opportunities for cooperation in various fields.
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