Day: August 8, 2021

The Agadir Technical Unit (ATU) on Sunday officially launched Agadir Business Partnerships Network Portal under the domain: http://network.agadiragreement.org

This came during a meeting, held remotely, in the presence of members of the Agadir Countries Business Council and representatives of the Agadir Agreement member countries: Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco.

The Agadir Business Partnerships Portal provides visitors with the necessary electronic tools to create and build trade partnerships and industrial contact to serve the business community in the Agadir Agreement countries.

The network is intended to include companies in the fields of industry, mining, agriculture, trade, import, and export. It also aims to link companies with export support services providers, such as consultation services (export, quality, market research, product research, and development, in addition to shipping and clearance service providers).

Source: Jordan News Agency

Chairperson of the Royal Committee to Modernise the Political System, Samir Rifai, met Sunday, with local community from the Central Badia Region to listen to their opinions, proposals and observations related to the committee’s work.

Rifai said the committee sticks to the letter of His Majesty King Abdullah II, aimed to modernize Jordan’s political system to achieve programmatic parliamentary action, and contribute to empowering youth and women, and developing local administration.

Rifai said the parties’ development seeks to reach “strong” parliaments that reflect citizens’ aspirations and concerns.

For the first time, he said the Parties and Election Laws are being “deliberated jointly, which complement each other,” adding that Jordan’s three Badia districts will remain closed for candidacy purposes, while their candidates will be allowed to run on the party list, and the rest of the Kingdom’s electoral districts, provided meeting the residency criteria.

Each electoral district will maintain its percentage of parliamentary representation, he said, adding that any reduction in the number of Parliament seats for some regions will not affect their representation ratio.

Candidacy for national lists will be exclusively allowed for parties, provided that the candidate has joined the party at least a year before he/she runs for elections, he said referring to the major axis of the sub-committees’ deliberations.

“What citizens want is not the number of lawmakers, but rather an effective Lower House, regardless of the number of its members, that expresses their issues, Rifai told the attendees,” he pointed out.

To achieve this goal, he said strengthening Parliament through programmatic blocs would enhance the rest of Jordan’s institutions.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Dhaifallah Fayez, said the person who reportedly infiltrated through the Jordanian border to Israel on Sunday holds a foreign nationality and is not a Jordanian citizen.

The spokesperson added that specialised authorities are following up on the issue, according to a ministry statement.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has welcomed appointment of Hans Grundberg as the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General to Yemen.

In a press statement on Sunday, the ministry’s official spokesperson, Dhaifallah Fayez, expressed the Kingdom’s welcome of this decision, and wished Grundberg success in his new duties.

Fayez also affirmed the Kingdom’s support for the UN role and all international and regional efforts aimed at ending the Yemeni crisis, stopping deterioration of the humanitarian situation and achieving security and stability in Yemen.

This joint effort comes in accordance with the approved references represented by Security Council Resolution No. 2216, Gulf Initiative and its implementation mechanism and outcomes of Yemeni National Dialogue Conference, to meet the aspirations of the Yemeni people for security, growth and prosperity, Fayez pointed out.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The Lower House Finance Committee Chairman, MP Nimr Sleihat said the panel was briefed from Ministers of Finance, Mohammad Ississ and Planning and International Cooperation, Nasser Shraideh, about a draft law attached to the 2021 General Budget Law.

Presiding over the committee’s meeting on Sunday, Sleihat said the panel will hold deliberations at the end of this week to listen from the concerned ministers on the most prominent projects presented in the draft law, as well as spending monitoring mechanisms.

The MP said the amounts allocated in the attached bill came as a U.S. grant as a culmination of the Royal efforts to mitigate Covid-19 pandemic-induced effects, praising Washington’s support for Jordan.

For his part, Shraideh said the bill will “not add any deficit to the state’s general budget,” adding that it includes projects according to the priorities for the next stage.

Ississ noted the bill aims to help confront the Covid-19 pandemic, and reduce unemployment among Jordanians through the implementation of employment projects.

Source: Jordan News Agency