Day: July 6, 2022

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, on Wednesday received Omani Foreign Minister, Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, who is visiting the Kingdom to deliver a message from Sultan Haitham bin Tarik to His Majesty King Abdullah II.

The two ministers discussed enhancing the “historical and firm relations” between the two nations and further strengthening ties in various fields.

They also tackled regional and international developments of joint interest, top of which are the Palestinian cause and Syrian and Yemeni crises, in addition to boosting collective Arab action to address challenges.

Source: Jordan News Agency

His Royal Highness Prince Feisal bin Al Hussein, the Regent, on Wednesday received Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi, who delivered a letter to His Majesty King Abdullah from Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tarik inviting His Majesty to visit Oman.

The meeting, held at Al Husseiniya Palace, discussed Jordan’s and Oman’s deep ties, as well as ways to strengthen cooperation in various fields.

Discussions also covered the need to maintain coordination and consultation between the two countries on issues of mutual concern, in service of shared interests, and Arab causes.

Minister Albusaidi, for his part, expressed a desire to strengthen ties across sectors, praising Jordan’s positions in pursuit of greater regional security and stability.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, as well as an Omani delegation.

Source: Jordan News Agency

A 70-year-old man shot his two sons dead on Tuesday over financial disputes.

Police arrested the perpetrator on Wednesday, who was found hiding in a cave in Ajloun governorate, according to the Public Security Department spokesperson.

The convicted man confessed to the crime, the spokesperson added, noting that the investigation is still underway.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The European Union (EU), in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, held a workshop on Wednesday to promote the European Commission’s Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX) instrument.

TAIEX supports public administrations regarding the approximation, application, and enforcement of EU legislation and facilitates the sharing of EU best practices. It is largely needs-driven and delivers appropriate tailor-made expertise to address issues at short notice in three ways: workshops, expert missions, and study visits.

The workshop aims to promote TAIEX for Jordanian public administrations and highlight the added value it can achieve for Jordanian partners, said Corinne Andre, Head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation to Jordan.

“The EU anticipates receiving additional TAIEX requests from Jordan following the conclusion of this workshop,” she added.

Emad Shanaa, Director of the International Cooperation Department at the ministry, said Jordan has been moving towards reform with confidence sparked by a true will for great achievements; therefore, leveraging TAIEX and other EU instruments like the Twinning projects will expedite the reform process and address various challenges.

Several Jordanian institutes, which have received support from TAIEX for the past ten years, shared their experiences in the field during the workshop.

The workshop also included a presentation on how to fill out TAIEX requests online, which have various fields such as agriculture and food safety; freedom, security, and justice; and environment, energy, transport, and telecommunication.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Secretary General of the Association of Arab Universities (AAU) Dr. Amr Ezzat Salama, called on Arab universities to contribute to finding channels to develop Arab educational programs in the digital technology field.

Speaking at “Raising Awareness of Entrepreneurs, Consumers and Markets in the Digital World” conference, which was held in Amman, Salama said the language barrier prevents “effective” transfer of digital culture to Arab societies.

According to an AAU statement released on Wednesday, Salama stressed the importance of raising awareness and societal culture towards tech innovations and their integration.

Salma also highlighted the importance of raising awareness of tech innovations as a teaching method in Arab universities, which would enable these higher institutions become an “active” contributor to integrating and benefiting from digital technology.

The conference’s pillars push the Arab stakeholders to move towards a new horizon in outreaching to markets and customers and transferring modern technologies, which would welcome related changes and assess technology integration and its impact on society, he pointed out.

During the conference, the participants discussed possibility of building expert channels to raise awareness for the target groups and build integrated know-how on tech developments and successive innovations, which would help integrate digital tech and kick off proper implementation in Arab societies, the statement noted.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Algerian Ambassador to Jordan, Mohamed Sherif Kourta, said the cultural agreement signed by Jordan and Algeria lays the foundations for “more advanced” bilateral relations.

Speaking on the sidelines of a lecture held Tuesday, at the Royal Cultural Center, on the occasion of Algeria’s 60th Independence Day, Kourta said the two countries’ educational exchange is witnessing “an advanced development.

In this regard, he said the number of Jordanian students enrolled at Algerian universities has reached about 700, most in medicine specialties, while the number of Algerian degree seekers in Jordan stand at 200.

During the lecture, which was attended by a number of diplomatic missions’ representatives in Jordan, an photo exhibition from the the Algerian embassy’s archives was held on the country’s sacrifices to carve out independence and highlighted Jordan’s support for the Algerian revolution.

Source: Jordan News Agency