Cooperative Agreements Signed between Palestine and Jordan
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RAMALLAH, April 23, 2014 – (WAFA) – Several agreements to enhance mutual
cooperation between Palestine and Jordan were signed Wednesday at the
presidential headquarters in Ramallah.

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamadalla and his Jordanian counterpart
Abdullah Ensour discussed bilateral relations and ways to enhance mutual
cooperation in various fields.

They chaired the fourth session of the Joint Palestinian-Jordanian Higher
Committee and signed its minutes of meeting in the presence of President
Mahmoud Abbas.

Palestinian government ministers and their Jordanian counterparts signed
several memorandums of understanding, executive programs and protocols of
cooperation in the economic, agricultural, health, defense and metrology
fields.

Ensour stated that his country would always support the Palestinian people
and considered holding the Joint Palestinian-Jordanian Committee’s session
in Ramallah as testifying to this support.

He added that his country supports the Palestinian Authority’s quest to
establish the sovereign and independent Palestinian state within
well-defined boundaries and territories in line with relevant UN
resolutions.

Commenting on recent reconciliation talks in Gaza, Ensour expressed his
support for them and called upon the Palestinian leadership to unite its
people.

He considered the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip as a violation of
international law and other humanitarian standards.

Commenting on Palestinian Israeli negotiations teetering on the brink of
collapse, he noted that his country is kept abreast of latest developments.

Regarding Jerusalem, Ensour noted that his country recognizes East Jerusalem
as a Palestinian territory under occupation as well as the Palestinian state’s
full sovereignty over it.

Hamadalla thanked Ensour for his country’s leading role in offering
political and financial support for the Palestinian people and hosting
Palestinian refugees.

He called upon the Jordanian Premier to reinforce his country’s role to
protect Jerusalem against Israeli attempts to Judaize it and change its
demographic status.

He stated that the joint agreements “would enhance trade between Palestine
and Jordan, which is currently around $100 million, and increase investments
especially as a double taxation avoidance agreement was signed between the
two countries.”

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