Amman, June 9 (Petra) – The Lower House Foreign Affairs Committee,
chaired by MP Haitham Ziyadin, met on Tuesday with the Azerbaijan
Ambassador to Jordan, Shahin Abdullayev, to discuss ways to enhance
joint cooperation and work between the two countries in various
fields.

Talking at the meeting, Ziyadin emphasized the “strong”
Jordanian-Azerbaijani relations, which are based on continuous
cooperation and mutual respect.

The lawmaker stressed the House’s keenness to strengthen bilateral
relations and support areas of joint work, aimed to achieve common
interests and promote “sustainable” development, particularly in the
economic, investment, and tourism sectors.

Calling for turning challenges into opportunities for mutual
cooperation, Ziyadin noted Azerbaijan’s natural resources, mainly gas
and oil, which open up “broad” horizons for cooperation and exchange
expertise.

Ziyadin and committee members MPs Mohammad Sabaileh and Ali Ghizawi
commended Azerbaijan’s supportive stances on His Majesty King
Abdullah II’s positions regarding the Palestinian cause and its
support for the Hashemite Custodianship over Jerusalem’s holy sites.

In turn, the Azerbaijani ambassador praised level of bilateral
relations, emphasizing his country’s desire to strengthen ties in
various fields, mainly economic and trade fields, as well as
expanding cooperation in the agricultural sector, given Jordan’s
“distinguished” expertise in this area.

The diplomat also referred to vision to establish a joint investment
project or fund to strengthen bilateral economic relations, affirming
his government’s readiness to develop mutual cooperation and exchange
expertise to achieve common benefits.

//Petra// AG