Police chief, UK ambassador talk cooperation

AMMAN — Public Security Department (PSD) Director Maj. Gen. Fadel Hmoud and UK Ambassador to Jordan Edward Oakden on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding to organise cooperation in training fields and the exchange of expertise in a way that helps develop the skills of the department’s personnel.

Hmoud said that Jordanian-UK relations are “deep-rooted” in various fields, and the police sector, which has witnessed several joint projects, is part of such ties, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Oakden commended the strategic relations between the two countries, which reflect on cooperation between the British police and the PSD. Neil Basu, Senior National Coordinator for Counterterrorism Policing in the UK, reviewed aspects of cooperation under the memo, among them police training and consultations.