Jordan allows aid delivery to Rukban

AMMAN — Jordan has allowed the entry of humanitarian aid to the Rukban camp for a single time to displaced Syrians after the UN presented a plan in which it pledged to deliver future assistance to the camp from Syria, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mohammad Kayed said on Sunday.

Jordan said it would only allow the delivery of aid as an "exceptional measure" if the UN presents a plan to provide aid to residents of the camp, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi had previously stressed that the issue of dealing with the Rukban camp is a Syrian and international responsibility, adding that residents of the camp, which is located inside Syria, are all Syrians and that the UN can provide them with their needs from Syria.

The several-month talks which led to the deal on aid to Rukban camp were held between a committee representing the Foreign Ministry and concerned national agencies on one hand, and the UN on the other.