AMMAN — HRH Prince Mired Bin Raad,
president of the
Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (HCD), on Tuesday met with Czech Ambassador to Jordan Joseph Kotski, according
to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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Prince Mired and Kotski discussed bilateral
relations and ways to enhance them in various related fields.
Prince Mired lauded the high level of
Jordanian-Czech ties and the embassy’s keenness to enhance cooperation in
exchanging technical expertise on various issues of common interest.
During the meeting, Prince Mired briefed the
ambassador on HCD key tasks and functions in promoting the rights of persons
with disabilities, in cooperation with partner entities.
He referred to challenges HCD faces in reflecting
and enforcing the rights of persons with disabilities, and called for an
exchange of expertise between the two countries in this field.
The
Czech ambassador expressed his country’s pride
in the high level of the Czech-Jordanian relations, stressing that his country
seeks to strengthen its ties with the Kingdom, which is a priority to his
country’s government.
He commended the significant role of HCD, which
enjoys the support of the Hashemite leadership, in promoting the rights of
persons with disabilities.
He praised the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Law No. 20 of 2017, and its executive plans in the field of inclusive
education, and the creation of alternative day services for the accommodation
and accessibility system.
The ambassador invited
HCD representatives to participate in a workshop that the embassy will organize
in November on “tourism and medical treatment”, attended by a number of experts
and concerned authorities from both countries, and to discuss the possibility
of including the theme of accessible tourism on the agenda of the workshop.
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