The government on Monday said the selection of Jordan to coordinate efforts to compile a list of new militant extremist groups in Syria is an international acknowledgement of the country’s clear vision regarding the conflict in Syria.
“Jordan was asked to assume this role and approved this request,” Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani told The Jordan Times on Monday.
“Selecting Jordan for this task illustrates the international community’s recognition of Jordan’s capabilities and the efficiency of its military and security apparatuses,” noted the minister, who is also government spokesperson.
It is a testimony to the Kingdom’s strong relations with the rest of the world and its firm position and clear vision with regard to the ongoing conflict in Syria, Momani said.
Jordan's security services will be coordinating closely with the states involved in the fight against extremist militant groups, he added.
Jordan is part of the international coalition that includes several Arab and Western countries fighting Daesh.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday said participants at talks in Vienna on Syria have agreed that Jordan will coordinate efforts to compile the list of extremist militant groups in Syria, Reuters reported.
"The work will be coordinated on supplementing the extremist militant [groups] list, Jordan will be in charge of coordination," Lavrov told reporters on the sidelines of a G-20 summit of world leaders in the Turkish coastal province of Antalya.
Taras Dobrovolskiy, press attaché and first secretary at the Russian embassy in Amman, told The Jordan Times that Lavrov held discussions with leaders of the BRICS countries on the sidelines of the G-20 summit on Sunday.
They agreed that Daesh and Al-Nusra Front are a “common enemy” for all, Dobrovolskiy said.
Leaders of BRICS — which comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — agree on the need to prepare a list of extremist groups, which will be an addition to the list of militant organisations identified by the UN, the diplomat added.
The new list, he said, will not include the groups already identified by the UN.
By Mohammad Ghazal
Editor's note: This article has been edited from the source material
