Jordanian Overseas Minister Ayman Safadi expressed his nation’s help for Syria’s reconstruction in a gathering with its new chief Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday, within the newest go to to Damascus by a high-profile delegation since Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow.
It was the primary journey to Syria by a senior Jordanian official since Assad’s fall, with pictures distributed by the Jordanian international ministry displaying Safadi and Sharaa shaking fingers.
Jordan’s official Al-Mamlaka TV later reported that Safadi had mentioned avenues of cooperation with the brand new authorities, together with within the areas of commerce, border administration, assist and electrical energy connections, together with safety.
Safadi expressed help for “a authorities that represents all spectrums in Syria”, in addition to for “the drafting of a brand new structure”, in response to Al-Mamlaka.
“We conform to help the Syrian individuals in rebuilding their state,” he was quoted as saying, including that “the Arab nations conform to help Syria at this stage with none exterior interference”.
Jordan, which borders Syria to the south, hosted a summit earlier this month the place prime Arab, Turkish, EU and US diplomats known as for an inclusive and peaceable transition after years of civil warfare.
Sharaa, whose Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) spearheaded the offensive that toppled Assad on December 8, has welcomed senior officers from a bunch of Center Jap nations and past in latest days.
Jordanian authorities spokesman Mohamed Momani informed reporters on Sunday that Amman “sides with the desire of the brotherly Syrian individuals”, stressing the shut ties between the 2 nations.
Momani stated the dominion wish to see safety and stability restored in Syria and supported “the unity of its territories”.
Stability in war-torn Syria was in Jordan’s pursuits, Momani stated, and would “guarantee safety on its borders”.
Some Syrians who had fled the warfare since 2011 and sought refuge in Jordan have begun returning house, in response to Jordanian authorities.
The inside ministry stated on Thursday that greater than 7,000 Syrians had left, out of some 1.3 million refugees Amman says it has hosted.
In accordance with the United Nations, 680,000 Syrian refugees had been registered with it in Jordan.
Safadi stated Jordan would “present all technique of help to Syrian refugees”, Al-Mamlaka reported, and harassed that “their return to their nation have to be voluntary”.
Jordan in recent times has tightened border controls in a crackdown on drug and weapon smuggling alongside its 375-kilometre (230-mile) border with Syria.
One of many principal medicine smuggled is the amphetamine-like stimulant captagon, for which there’s big demand within the oil-rich Gulf.
