UAE will fund a renewable energy project worth $220 million, UAE ambassador to Jordan Matar Shamsi announced, adding that the construction will begin soon.
Quoted by the Jordan News Agency, Petra, Shamsi added that the UAE supports Jordan, and is returning favours to the Kingdom has done for the Emirates before and after the latter’s establishment.
Shamsi cited Marsa Zayed and Saraya projects in Aqaba that are being implemented by an Emirati company, with an investment amounting to more than $12 billion while securing thousands of jobs for Jordanians.
"As the UAE marks its 46th national day," Shamsi told Petra, "Jordan was the first country to recognise and establish diplomatic ties with the Emirati union, remarking that diplomatic representation at the level of ambassador was in place one day after the union was declared."
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Shamsi noted that the UAE-Jordanian Joint Committee held its third meeting in October, during which 12 agreements and MoUs were signed. He pointed out that the volume of UAE investments in Jordan amounts to $16 billion.
On bilateral relations, the Emirati envoy pointed out that the first Jordanian educational, military and health missions to the UAE were sent in the 1950s.
Editor's note: The article has been adapted from its original source.
