Day: October 30, 2022

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Government Policy

FM participates in preparatory meeting of Arab summit in Algeria

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, headed the Jordanian delegation participating in the preparatory meeting of Arab foreign ministers for the Council of the Arab League at the summit level at its 31st session, which was held in Algiers.

The preparatory meetings of the Arab foreign ministers were held on Saturday and Sunday, during which the agenda and draft decisions prepared by the permanent delegates were discussed, to be approved by the foreign ministers in preparation for submitting draft decisions to the Arab leaders at the level of the summit scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday.

Safadi participated in the opening session of the meeting, in which: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Tunisians Abroad, Othman Jerandi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad Ramtane Lamamra, and Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit delivered opening speeches, during which the presidency was handed over to the Algeria by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia, former President of the Summit.

Concluding their meetings, the Arab foreign ministers approved the agenda and draft resolutions that will be submitted to Arab leaders, to be presented to their summit scheduled to start on Tuesday evening.

On the sidelines of the meetings, Safadi held meetings with a number of his Arab counterparts, during which he reaffirmed Jordan’s keenness to enhance cooperation and coordination, advance bilateral relations, serve the process of Arab unity and solidarity, and enhance efforts to activate joint Arab action.

Safadi stressed the need to unite Arab efforts as a way to serve common Arab causes, overcome challenges, and enhance security, stability and prosperity in the Arab region and its peoples.

The foreign minister expressed aspiration that the Arab summit in Algeria would be a constructive diplomatic platform to enhance Arab consensus and continue working to serve Arab causes and interests.

He commended Algeria’s efforts to prepare for hosting the summit and facilities it provided for Arab delegations.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Judicial

Jordan condemns attack on Somali education ministry

Jordan on Sunday denounced the two car bomb explosions at the Education Ministry in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, which killed and wounded scores of people.

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates voiced the Kingdom’s solidarity with the Somali people and government, expressing its condolences to the victims’ families and wishing the injured a speedy recovery.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Judicial

2 drug dealers in Amman, Zarqa arrested: PSD

Anti-Narcotics Department’s (AND) personnel arrested two drug dealers in Amman and Russeifa city, eastern Amman.

In Amman, a special AND team was tipped off on a drug dealer’s whereabouts who was in possession of large cache of drugs and was selling them. After verifying that information, the team raided his location and was arrested, and 55 palm-sized sheets of hashish were seized, the Public Security Directorate’s (PSD) spokesperson said.

In Russeifa, a drug dealer was also arrested, who possessed and distributed narcotic substances to promoters in order to sell them in several areas in Zarqa and Amman, the PSD spokesperson added.

After searching his house, 11 palm-sized sheets of hashish and a quantity of narcotic pills were found inside, the PSD spokesperson noted.

The two cases will be referred to the State Security Court Prosecutor, the PSD spokesperson concluded.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Judicial

Israel’s policy contravenes World Cities Day values-RCJA

Israel’s practices in the occupied city of Jerusalem, based on an apartheid policy, mainly murder operations, displacement, daily incursions and property confiscation and restriction of all aspects of life contradicts values of World Cities Day (WCD), which the world celebrates on October 30 annually, Secretary-General of the Royal Committee for Jerusalem Affairs (RCJA), Abdullah Kanaan, said.

In a press statement on the WCD occasion on Sunday, Kanaan referred to Israel’s systematic policy to destroy the habitat, which makes life difficult and deprives the basic components of rights guaranteed by humanitarian laws and international treaties.

RCJA affirms position of the Jordanian people and Hashemite custodianship over Jerusalem’s Islamic and Christian holy sites, in support of Palestinian people, he said.

In this regard, he calls on WCD celebration organizers to pay attention to Jerusalem and dedicate its next ceremony to the holy city to highlight world public opinion on Palestinian people’s tragedy.

RCJA noted this celebration’s message aims to demand Israel to end occupation of Palestine and Jerusalem and implement international treaties and international legitimacy resolutions, including the two-state solution and establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on the 1967 borders, he said.

He also called on media outlets and international humanitarian and human rights organizations to shed light on Jerusalem and its people’s suffering to expose Israeli practices.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Judicial

Police seize 1 million counterfeit dollar bills in Ramtha

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) personnel seized 1 million counterfeit dollar bills in the possession of 3 people in the Ramtha district, northern Jordan.

A special CID team was tipped off on a group of people who had large amounts of counterfeit currency and their intention to selling them in markets and to citizens, the Public Security Directorate’s (PSD) spokesperson said.

The team, the PSD spokesperson added, followed up on the tip and verified it and was able locate the currency’s hiding. Then the team raided the place and three people were arrested.

Searching the place, more than 1 million counterfeit dollars were found, the PSD spokesperson noted.

Investigations were initiated in preparation to refer the three suspects to the court, the PSD spokesperson concluded.

Source: Jordan News Agency