AMMAN –– The
Jordan Free and Development Zones Group (JFDZG) will offer
technical and logistical support to
Jordan Europe Business Association (JEBA)
to promote and market the group’s investment opportunities, according to an
agreement signed on Saturday, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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JFDZG chairman Khalaf Hmeisat, who
signed the memorandum with JEBA President Jamal Badran, urged JEBA management
to get acquainted with the investment opportunities and privileges offered by
the free zones, including Ajloun and Dead Sea development zones.
JFDZG is keen to provide services
and facilities to local, Arab and foreign investors, he said, calling on
businessmen in the commercial, industrial, tourism and services sectors to
identify the challenges and barriers facing their businesses "so that they
can be followed up on and worked out.”
JFDZG Director-General Abdul Hamid
Gharaibeh briefed those attending the signing ceremony on the development zones
and the advantages they offer to investors, which boost the national economy
through partnership with the private sector in the industrial, commercial,
services and tourism fields.
The group, he said, constantly seeks
to develop and provide an investor-friendly and competitive environment,
particularly in the free zone at the Queen Alia International Airport, where
industrial and commercial units and a fully equipped business center will be
set up to meet the various needs of investors.
Development Zones Director Arwa
Hiyari said that the
Dead Sea and
Ajloun zones, which have like the Dead Sea
Corniche and the Ajloun cable car projects, will be new tourist destinations
with real investment opportunities that will be an added value to the Jordanian
economy.
Badran commended the group's efforts
to promote the investment environment in the free zones and its ongoing efforts
to boost cooperation between the public and private sectors, adding that JEBA
will soon facilitate its members’ and affiliates’ field visits for a first-hand
look at the investment opportunities in the free and development zones.
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