12/02/2019

AMMAN-- The Higher Jordanian-Kuwaiti Committee concluded its scheduled works on Tuesday with the two countries' foreign ministers inking minutes of the commission fourth session.

The commission latest session capped, on Monday, with Kuwaiti and Jordanian officials signing 15 documents covering agreements, memorandums of understanding and joint executive programs in various fields.

The cooperation documents, inked under auspices of His Highness the Prime Minister (of Kuwait) Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and his Jordanian counterpart Omar Al-Razzaz on Monday, addressed four economic realms and the rest deals with information, education, teaching, finance, law, judiciary, housing, environment, social affairs, planning and meteorology.

Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) signed an agreement with the Jordanians, granting USD six million to the kingdom to fund construction and equipment of two schools for Syrian refugees.

The two sides inked an amendment of a debt reschedule treaty, a cooperation MoU for cooperation in oil, gas, renewable energy and geology sectors.

Moreover, they agreed on an executive program aimed at promoting tourism, training cadres and exchanging expertise. As to the one in the industries, it aims at activating a memo inked in 2012 for swap of expertise, technology transfer, studies and supporting national manufacturing.

Furthermore, they agreed on a media document for cooperation, exchanging news items, films and programs.

In higher teaching, the Kuwaiti officials and their Jordanian counterparts inked an executive program for cooperation and scientific research. It is aimed at swapping studies and researches and facilitating contracts for Jordanian teachers in Kuwait.

In meteorology, they inked a MoU designed to regulate cooperation and coordinate at regional and international conferences, in addition to exchanging information and experience with respect of weather forecast.

At the judicial level, they signed a memo stipulating expertise swap, particularly in civil and criminal cases, training judges and exchanging studies in disputes' settlement.

In housing and urban development, they agreed on exchanging expertise, consultations with respect of policies and legislations as well as training.

They approved an executive program for protecting the environment (2019-2020), aimed at supporting executive programs in the two countries, executing projects and exchanging expertise in legislations.

In social affairs, they inked a memo for swapping expertise, information, studies and legislations in sectors such as productive families, small and medium enterprise and social legislations.

Additionally, a memo was signed between King Abdullah II Center for Excellence and the Secretariat General of the Higher Council for Planning and Development, aimed at cementing cooperation at the level of developing civil servants' capacities.

Also yesterday, Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed a protocol with the Jordanian counterpart body for broadening cooperation and launching business partnerships.