Day: April 19, 2022

The Council of Ministers passed the Children’s Rights bill 2022 during a session held on Sunday.

The law is in line with new constitutional amendments, which underlined child protection and care through legislation that regulates the relationship between concerned public and private entities and grassroots organisations.

The draft’s passage is pertinent to the Kingdom’s ratification of the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child, which requires legislative and administrative measures to enforce children’s rights recognized in the convention.

The law is considered an investment in childhood and is in favour of the development process as it guarantees the child’s right to education, health and social care.

Source: Jordan News Agency

His Majesty King Abdullah received a phone call on Tuesday from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the deputy prime minister and minister of defence of Saudi Arabia, who congratulated His Majesty on the successful surgery.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Border Guard troops of the Eastern Military Zone, in coordination with security services and the Anti-Narcotics Department, foiled an attempt at dawn Tuesday by a groups of smugglers to breach the Kingdom’s frontier from Syria, the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces- Arab Army (JAF) said.

It said in a statement that troops applied the rules of engagement, leading to the injury of a number of smugglers and forcing the rest to retreat deep inside Syrian territory.

A search of the area uncovered about two million drug pills and two hundred hashish palm-size sheets, it said, adding that the case was referred to the competent authorities.

The armed forces reiterated that they will firmly deal with any attempt at infiltration or to tamper with national security.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday hailed the courageous Jordanian stance in defence of Jerusalem and its Christian and Muslim holy sites, which was constantly expressed by His Majesty King Abdullah and the Jordanian government, parliament and people.

In a statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry commended His Majesty’s stand against the ongoing “Israelization and Judaization” of Jerusalem and escalating attacks against Al-Aqsa Mosque, worshipers and guards, including attempts to impose a temporal and spatial division of the holy compound.

The Palestinian government and people highly recognize the political and diplomatic moves, led by His Majesty King Abdullah, to lay bare the Israeli aggression against Al-Aqsa Mosque, including incursions, repression and attacks on worshipers, guards and the elderly, said the statement.

It highlighted the King’s warning of the consequences of emptying the mosque of worshipers to carry out provocative incursions and of the dangerous repercussions of these actions on the conflict and the entire region, as Israel tries to turn the political nature of the conflict to a religious war.

The Palestinian ministry noted the series of contacts His Majesty, the custodian of the Jerusalem holy sites, made with officials in the region and the world as well as the United Nations to galvanize world action to pressure the occupying power to cease the attacks.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Minister of Agriculture Khalid Hneifat and Tunisia’s Ambassador to Jordan Khalid Suhaili Tuesday held a meeting in Amman on agriculture cooperation, food security and regional challenges.

In the meeting, Hneifat highlighted the regional challenges and their impact on the farming sector, as well as the need to bolster cooperation on food security. He also highlighted Jordan-Tunisia’s cooperation in upping the trade scale.

For his part, Suhaili talked about the Jordan-Tunisia “deep-rooted” ties and noted Jordan’s support for economic and agriculture reform in Tunisia, adding that 15 Jordan-Tunisia joint committees took convened since 2021.

Suhaili called for more joint Jordan-Tunisia agriculture committee meetings to discuss issues of mutual interest and cooperation.

Source: Jordan News Agency