AMMAN —
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nasser Al-Shraideh discussed
with a visiting official from the UNHCR the economic impact of the Syrian
crisis on host communities, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
اضافة اعلان
Shraideh’s talks
Tuesday with Raouf Mazo, a UNHCR assistant high commissioner for operations,
focused on the impact of hosting a significant number of Syrian refugees in
Jordan since 2011.
The minister said
the refugee community bore an additional burden on the country’s budget,
especially subsidized commodities, education, health care, energy, and water resources.
Shraideh explained
the cumulative and growing burdens of the Syrian crisis, with over 1.3 million
Syrian refugees currently hosted by Jordan. He said that strained Jordan’s
limited capabilities and resources, risking the Kingdom’s development process
and national gains made over the past decades.
He reiterated the
importance of the international community’s support for Jordan, through
providing direct support to the government to ease the burden caused by the
Syrian crisis on the national economy.
The minister
commended the government’s constant efforts to update the Jordan Response Plan
for the Syrian crisis 2023–2025, in partnership with UN organizations, as well
as donor states.
Mazo voiced his
appreciation to the level of cooperation with the Jordanian government. He
repeated the UN’s keenness toward supporting Jordan’s government, and
encouraging the international community to provide needed funds to enable the
Kingdom to continue carrying out its humanitarian role.
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