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$4.8m Japanese grant to bolster Kingdom’s border security measures

 

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Amman - The Jordanian and Japanese governments signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) worth $4.8 million, presented to the Kingdom to bolster and implement the third phase of the project to enhance security protection in border areas, under the framework of Japan’s Official Development Assistance for "the Economic and Social Development Programme".
The memoranda were signed on behalf of the Jordanian government by Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nasser Shreida and by the Japanese government by the Japanese ambassador to Jordan, Shimazaki Kaoru, in the presence of a number of Japanese embassy officials.
In a press statement issued by the ministry Saturday, Shreida said the grant comes within the framework of completing measures to enhance security protection in the border areas, by providing technical devices and equipment for the remaining border areas that were not covered under the project's first and second phases, which were funded by two grants from the Japanese government, with a total value of about $6.13 million.
The minister thanked the government and people of Japan for their continuous support to the Kingdom, and for Tokyo's understanding of the economic and social challenges facing Jordan as a result of the repercussions of the region's crises.
The minister said Jordan attaches "great" importance to its bilateral relations with Japan, lauding the ties as "deep-rooted, historic", and highlighted the joint keenness to develop cooperation mechanisms in a number of areas of mutual interest and at various political, social and economic levels.
Since 2009 to date, Jordan obtained about $1.7 billion, of which $626.02 million were in the form of grants and the rest were soft loans in addition to the technical assistance provided to Jordan through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the minister noted.
Sustainability of foreign aid to Jordan reflects the extent of respect and appreciation by the international community for Jordan and its regional role and in the world, he said.
This continued aid also reflects the international and donors' understanding of Jordan’s development needs and the size of the challenges and burdens it is facing as a result of the repercussions that have resulted from conflicts in the region and its impact on Jordan and the various sectors, especially the consequences of the Syrian crisis and the refugee burden, as well as the implications of the current global challenges resulting from the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, he noted.
For his part, the Japanese envoy said: "Ten years have passed since the Syrian Crisis broke out in March, 2011. Japan has been highly appreciating Jordan’s generous humanitarian support to the Syrian refugees in spite of its own economic and social constraints. I strongly hope that the new grant aid will support Jordan’s full-scale efforts to counter terrorism and extremism by contributing to enhancing the security in Jordan".
 
 

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