King receives message from Ivory Coast president

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday received a letter from Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on the development of bilateral ties and increase of coordination, which was delivered by visiting Ivory Coast Foreign Minister Marcel Amon Tanoh during his meeting with Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Thursday.

Safadi and Tanoh went over steps to be taken to enhance economic and trade cooperation between both countries which intensified their contacts in recent years to widen their scopes of cooperation, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The ministers also discussed means to develop cooperation in the defence and security fields.

The two sides agreed to put certain mechanisms in place to boost cooperation in the pharmaceutical, agricultural and trade sectors and to define the agreements needed ensure reaching such momentum. Both ministers agreed to organise meetings for both countries’ private sectors.

Safadi and Tanoh reviewed the latest regional developments, mainly those related to the Palestinian issue and the Syrian crisis, as well as the efforts exerted in the war against terrorism, which they stressed as constituting a common threat that has to be uprooted from the Middle East, and the entire world.

Safadi acquainted the Ivorian minister with His Majesty’s efforts in realising regional peace and stability through reaching a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the basis of the two-state solution that guarantees the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the pre-1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital.

He also briefed him on the Kingdom’s efforts in ending the Syrian crisis through a political solution that preserves the country’s territorial integrity and receives the approval of Syrians according to the UN Security Council Resolution 2254.

For his part, Tanoh expressed appreciation for Jordan’s support to his country and commended the Kingdom’s role, through participating in the UN peacekeeping forces, in maintaining the stability of Ivory Coast.

He expressed keenness to continue coordinating with the Kingdom on various regional issues, especially that as his country is now a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.