MFA Deputy State Secretary for Global Affairs Péter Wintermantel received Co-Chairman of the Hungarian-Jordanian Joint Economic Committee and Secretary-General of the Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation Saleh Al-Kharabsheh on 18 March 2014.
Mr. Wintermantel praised the traditionally good ties between Hungary and Jordan and expressed his high appreciation of the stabilising, mitigating and mediating role that Jordan plays as an Arab country allied with the west in the transforming Middle East region.
He recalled that the visit of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to Jordan, during which several bilateral agreements were signed, had lent a purposeful dynamism to the development of ties.
The Hungarian Deputy State Secretary reiterated that Hungary looks on Jordan as a gateway in its economic opening towards the countries of the region. The volume of bilateral trade can be increased substantially; the conditions for this are given.
Mr. Al-Kharabsheh said that Jordan could be a promising point of departure for Hungarian enterprises towards the other countries of the region. He called the Hungarian government's concept of global opening a wise decision, which was received favourably in the Arab world.
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
