Fakhoury discusses Syrian crisis with German official

AMMAN — Planning and International Cooperation Minister Imad Fakhoury on Wednesday met with Special Representative of the German Federal Government for Middle East Stability Partnership Joachim Rücker, and acquainted him with the economic, humanitarian, financial and social repercussions Jordan is bearing due to the prevailing regional conditions.

Fakhoury thanked the German government for its support for Jordan through the EU, especially the assistance presented since 2012 to help communities hosting Syrian refugees in fields of water and wastewater, which amounted to 53.5 million euros, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Rücker, who was recently appointed in this post to follow up on the outcomes of the London donor conference, expressed his country’s readiness to assist Jordan at all levels.