PM chairs meeting to implement GCC grant

By JT - Oct 05,2015 - Last updated at Oct 05,2015

AMMAN — Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Saturday headed an ordinary meeting for stakeholders concerned with implementing the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) grant.

The meeting covered the progress of projects funded by the grant and the ratio of actual spending on the level of benefiting sectors, ministries and institutions around the Kingdom, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The premier urged all ministries and institutions to accelerate work progress to ensure the “utmost benefit” from the $5 billion grant decided by Gulf partners in 2011.

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