Day: April 16, 2022

The Jordanian-Azerbaijani Economic and Investment Forum, which is organized jointly by the Jordanian Businessmen Association (JBA) and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Azerbaijan, kicks off Sunday.

The JBA said in a statement Saturday that the gathering is aimed at enhancing economic and investment relations between the two countries and network between the Jordanian and Azeri business communities in the sectors of common interest, including education, medical care, tourism, agriculture, food and pharmaceutical industries.

The forum will familiarize the Azeri private sector with investment opportunities in the Kingdom, incentives offered by free and development zones and exemptions provided by the Jordanian investment legislation.

JBA President Hamdi Tabbaa pointed to the many opportunities in various promising sectors in the two countries and a variety of untapped exports, which underline cooperation between the private sectors in the two countries to set up strategic partnerships in the near future.

During the forum, the two sides will sign a memorandum of understanding to build strategic partnerships, discuss launching joint ventures and cooperate in the field of small and medium-sized businesses.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Arab and European countries urged Israel to respect Jordan’s custodianship over the holy sites in Jerusalem and the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque /Al-Haram Al-Sharif, and to halt all provocations that would ignite more violence and extremism and undermine prospects for peace.

This position was expressed in statements issued by a number of countries after Israeli police breached Al Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam’s holiest shrines, and attacked worshippers during a dawn raid on Friday.

Bahrain denounced the storming of the complex and ensuing violence, where dozens were injured and many were arrested, calling the raid “a provocation against Muslims, that particularly occurred during the holy month of Ramadan.”

In a statement, Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry called for respecting the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jordan’s role as custodian of the holy shrines and endowments according to the international law and existing historical status quo, and the cessation of any provocations that would fuel violence, bigotry and extremism and lead to instability.

It called on the international community to “assume its responsibility to calm the situation and open serious avenues for a just and comprehensive peace process based on the two-state solution and the Arab Peace Initiative.”

The United Arab Emirates condemned the Israeli forces’ attack, which left civilian injuries, and called for restraint and protection of worshippers and ensure the right to free worship and cease all actions that violate the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

It also stressed the need to recognize Jordan’s custodianship over the holy sites, according to the international law and the existing historical status quo, and not to prejudice the Jordan-administered Jerusalem Waqf (endowments) authority.

Condemnation of the Israeli raid also came from Germany, France, Italy and Spain, which called in a joint statement on all parties to exercise maximum restraint and refrain from violence and all forms of provocation.

The statement called for respecting the status quo at the Jerusalem holy sites and Jordan’s role in this regard and supporting peace efforts based on the two-state solution.

Source: Jordan News Agency

National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) Director Amjad Rawashdeh said Saturday that the electricity interconnection between Jordan and Iraq and Jordan and Egypt is proceeding according to plan and a set timeline, and called the linkage a model for Arab countries.

He also told Petra in an interview that work is underway to double the electric power exported to the Palestinian Jerusalem Electricity Grid through the operation of Al Ram Electrical Station this coming summer to raise the volume from 40 megawatt currently to 80 megawatt, according to an agreement signed by the two sides.

NEPCO, he pointed out, is working to accomplish the station with the aim of promoting cooperation between Jordan and Palestine.

He also said Jordan had signed a contract with Syria and Lebanon to supply Jordanian energy to Lebanon via the Syrian power network.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply, Jordan’s state grains buyer, has issued a new international tender to purchase 120,000 tonnes of animal feed barley, according to its announcement on Saturday.

On its website, the ministry called on potential buyers to obtain a copy of the non-refundable JD650 tender invitation detailing terms and specifications.

The ministry added that the deadline for submission of price offers is next Tuesday April. 19.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Secretary-General of the Royal Committee for Jerusalem Affairs (RCJA), Abdullah Kanaan, Abdullah Kanaan said Israeli incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque and attacks on unarmed worshippers represent “brutal” scenes.

This belligerence show Israel’s criminal practices against Palestinian people and Jerusalem, in a manner that contradicts values of human dignity and rights to worship and live in peace, Kanaan pointed out.

In his interview with “Petra,” he said these Israeli incursions and actions are a message to the free world and its legitimate organizations, that Israel, “the occupying power,” is implementing de facto, racist apartheid laws in the occupied city of Jerusalem.

This Israeli approach, he noted, is a direct threat to the authority of international organizations that are supposed to be the incubators of peace, law and justice in the world.

Historical facts, Islamic documents, and all resolutions issued by the United Nations and its affiliated organizations, including UNESCO, affirm that Al-Aqsa Mosque – Haram al-Sharif, belongs exclusively to Muslims, he said.

Kanaan stressed that the Israeli dangerous measures aim at tampering with Al-Aqsa Mosque and then demolishing its yards to establish the alleged temple, which threatens international legitimacy and the region’s security and peace.

In support and defense of Palestinian cause, the RCJA affirms Jordan’s “firm position” and the historic custodianship over the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, he said, adding that the Kingdom remain the supporter of Palestinian people and Jerusalem.

In this regard, Jordan supports the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and establishment of their Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on the 1967 borders, he pointed out.

Kanaan also called on Israel to ends its actions “immediately” to achieve peace, security and stability, and comply with international legitimacy, respect agreements and Jerusalem’s historic status quo and prevent its troops from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The weather will be warm on Saturday, and the Kingdom will be gradually affected by Sunday evening hours by a khamsini depression, which will see a clear rise in temperatures to record 8-10 degrees Celsius higher than their seasonal averages , Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily update.

Tomorrow, the weather will also will dusty and dry in several areas, and will be relatively hot in the hilltops and the plains, and hot in the Badia, the Dead Sea and Aqaba, with southeasterly moderate to occasionally active winds, the JMD said.

On Monday, the weather will be dusty in serval areas, dry and relatively hot in the hilltops and the plains, and hot in the Badia, the Jordan Valley and Aqaba, with southeasterly to southwesterly active winds, the JMD added.

As for Tuesday, a significant drop in temperatures is forecast to become around their seasonal averages and moderate spring conditions prevail with northwesterly active winds, causing dust, especially in the Badia regions.

Also on Saturday, mercury in the capital Amman will range between a high of 27 degrees Celsius, and a low of 12C at night, while the port city of Aqaba will see a scorching 33C, sliding to 21C at night.

Source: Jordan News Agency

A 16-year-old boy died after a vehicle run over him on Adassiya-North Shouneh highway, last Friday night, according to a medical source.

In press remarks to “Petra” on Saturday, director of Moaz bin Jabal Hospital, Ihsan Matalqa, said the boy had arrived dead at the emergency ward, as a result of the accident.

The body had been transferred to the forensic medicine center in the northern Irbid city, he pointed out.

Source: Jordan News Agency