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UNDP commends Kingdom’s support for refugees
By Petra - Feb 21,2014 - Last updated at Feb 21,2014
AMMAN — Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Thursday met with Sima Bahous, director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab States, and discussed bilateral cooperation.
Ensour voiced his appreciation of the UNDP’s support to Jordan’s development efforts, citing challenges facing the Kingdom due to receiving a large number of Syrian refugees.
Bahous said the UNDP appreciates Jordan’s humanitarian efforts, adding that the programme is developing a project to provide aid to Syrian refugees in a more practical manner.
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