Jordan, France agree to bolster political, security cooperation

Jordanian Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs, Ayman al-Safadi, and his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, agreed on Wednesday to strengthen political and security coordination and cooperation between Jordan and France.

During a meeting in Paris, the two ministers discussed the steps that the two countries will take to boost cooperation implementation of the outcome of the summit meeting between King Abdullah II and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris last June.

According to the Jordan News Agency, Al-Safadi and Le Drian stressed the importance of activating economic and trade cooperation as well as working together to achieve security and stability in the Middle East.

They also discussed efforts to re-launch serious and effective negotiations to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on the two-state solution.

The meeting dealt with the latest developments in Syria and the war on terrorism, stressing the two countries' commitment to fighting terrorism as a common enemy that must be defeated on the military, security and intellectual fronts.

They also emphasised the need to reach a political solution to the Syrian crisis, stressing the importance of intensifying efforts to achieve a breakthrough towards resolving this crisis.

Al-Safadi briefed his French counterpart on the outcome of ongoing Jordanian-US-Russian talks hosted by the Kingdom to establish a "de-escalation zone" in the south of Syria.