Jordan Ireland Business Association launched

AMMAN — Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Tareq Hammouri launched the Jordan Ireland Business Association (JIBA) at a reception held in the St Régis Hotel in Amman on Wednesday.

The launch of the JIBA follows the opening of the first Embassy of Ireland to Jordan in January of this year and the interest of both the Jordanian and the Irish governments in strengthening trading relationships between the two countries, according to a JIBA statement.

Over the coming years, the JIBA will work with the governments of Jordan and Ireland, and with the business communities in both countries to forge new trading relationships which will benefit both countries, the statement said.

The JIBA will convene bi-monthly meetings of Irish and Jordanian business representatives, said the statement, adding the association will also arrange visits by business delegations to Ireland and from Ireland to Jordan and facilitate the establishment of business to business relationships across key sectors.

 “This is a hugely important day for Ireland and for Jordan. By working with the Embassy of Ireland and the Irish Government state agencies such as Enterprise Ireland and An Bord Bia, the JIBA can make a hugely positive impact not just on Jordanian businesses but on the lives of Jordanian citizens,” Ireland’s Ambassador and JIBA Co-Chair Vincent O’Neill was quoted in the statement as saying.

“For the past 16 years, as Ireland Honorary Consul in Jordan, I have seen the development of many business partnerships between our two countries. With the establishment of the JIBA we can build on this progress and identify many new opportunities for advancing our business relationship and for deepening the excellent ties between our two countries,” said Jordanian businessman and JIBA Co-Chair Ramsey Khourey at the reception, the statement said.