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Jordan, Belgium discuss economic, trade cooperation
(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply, Maha Ali, said Jordan is keen on promoting economic partnership with various countries and maximizing benefit from free trade agreements, bilaterally or multilaterally, signed with several countries, to contribute to increasing Jordanian exports and stimulate investment in the Kingdom.
This came during the two-day joint meetings organized by the Amman Chamber of Commerce with the Belgian embassy in Amman, in the presence of Belgian Secretary of State for Foreign Trade and Investment for the Brussels-Capital Region and Minister of the French Community and head of Belgian Economic Mission to Jordan, Cecile Jodogne.
She added that the Jordanian exports to Belgium are still modest, at $12 million last year, while imports totaled $223 million, which requires additional effirts to increase the volume of Jordanian exports to the Belgian market.
Ali added: "such figures reflect the importance of our meeting today as both the public and private sectors are looking forward to working with the Belgian delegation to discover new opportunities, open new channels and enhance ties that already exist between the two countries." She said Jordan succeeded in achieving significant progress over the past 15 years under the wise leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah II, as legal, judicial and administrative reforms were carried out, with a special focus on the business environment.
The Belgian minister stressed the importance of the meeting in promoting economic and trade cooperation with Jordan in all fields, and that her country is looking forward to cement economic relations with the Kingdom at all levels.
She said the meeting provides an opportunity for the Jordanian-Belgian private sectors to discover new opportunities and channels to enhance economic, trade and investment relations, stressing the need to invest such meetings to raise the level of trade exchange between the two countries to better levels.
This came during the two-day joint meetings organized by the Amman Chamber of Commerce with the Belgian embassy in Amman, in the presence of Belgian Secretary of State for Foreign Trade and Investment for the Brussels-Capital Region and Minister of the French Community and head of Belgian Economic Mission to Jordan, Cecile Jodogne.
She added that the Jordanian exports to Belgium are still modest, at $12 million last year, while imports totaled $223 million, which requires additional effirts to increase the volume of Jordanian exports to the Belgian market.
Ali added: "such figures reflect the importance of our meeting today as both the public and private sectors are looking forward to working with the Belgian delegation to discover new opportunities, open new channels and enhance ties that already exist between the two countries." She said Jordan succeeded in achieving significant progress over the past 15 years under the wise leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah II, as legal, judicial and administrative reforms were carried out, with a special focus on the business environment.
The Belgian minister stressed the importance of the meeting in promoting economic and trade cooperation with Jordan in all fields, and that her country is looking forward to cement economic relations with the Kingdom at all levels.
She said the meeting provides an opportunity for the Jordanian-Belgian private sectors to discover new opportunities and channels to enhance economic, trade and investment relations, stressing the need to invest such meetings to raise the level of trade exchange between the two countries to better levels.
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