AMMAN — Delivering a speech at the high-profile Geneva II conference on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said that Jordan has long called for a political solution to the Syrian crisis with its unaltered stance based on careful calculations as a close Syria neighbour.
Judeh also described the conference as a valuable chance to place the political solution to Syria’s nearly three-year-old conflict on the right track, which requires an immediate ceasefire and an agreement over a transitional framework in line with the resolutions of the June 2013
Geneva I peace conference on Syria.
The minister also said that all segments of Syrian society have to be represented in any agreed-upon transitional government that also has to enjoy full power with its main mandate being to restore social harmony in Syria.
Judeh also said that the transitional government is also requested to set the basis for a sustainable democratic system in Syria that lures the displaced Syrians and refugees in neighbouring states back to their country.
Judeh also said that the resource-limited Kingdom is home to more than 600,000 Syrian refugees with the total hosting cost reaching $1.7 billion in 2013 and is expected to reach $2.8 billion in 2014, calling on the international community to increase its assistance to Jordan to continue its humanitarian efforts “exerted on behalf of the world”.
