Finance minister thanks US for upping aid to Kingdom

AMMAN — Finance Minister Omar Malhas on Wednesday met with Eric Meyer, deputy assistant secretary for Africa and the Middle East at the US treasury department, and reviewed economic challenges facing the Kingdom.

The meeting also addressed means to further develop economic and financial Jordanian-US relations and benefit from US expertise in public debt administration, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Malhas thanked the US government for its decision to increase the volume of assistance to the Kingdom this year. Meyer voiced his country’s appreciation of Jordan’s economic and political reform, Petra reported.