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| Sunday, 10 October 2004 |
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Enhancing friendly ties with Jordan Jordan has helped Sri Lanka immensely by providing employment to thousands of Sri Lankan workers and this exercise of the Jordanian government has helped us to earn the much needed foreign exchange for the country, observed Prof. W. A. Wiswa Warnapala, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, receiving the Jordanian Minister of Labour, Amjad Al Majali at the Foreign Ministry Office, recently. "During the last two decades, Sri Lanka and Jordan have developed friendly relations on international issues and we hope that this relationship will open the way to strengthen the ties between the two countries in other spheres of economic activity. We shall do our best to build up trade relations between our countries and in this context the finalising of the long awaited Memorandum of Understanding on the supply of manpower to Jordan is significant. This Memorandum of Understanding also covers the fields of tourism and archaeology and this will undoubtedly enhance bilateral relations of the two countries," said Prof. Wiswa Warnapala. According to the latest statistic available, it has been revealed that over 30,000 Sri Lankan workers are employed in Jordan. In appreciating the views expressed by the Deputy Minister, the Jordanian Minister of Labour, Amjad Al Majali said, "the skilled and unskilled workers of Sri Lanka now employed in the Kingdom of Jordan have proven skills in different fields of industrial activities and I am proud to state here that the Sri Lankan workers are performing their talents and experience to enrich the economy of Jordan. "I am personally aware of some of the problems faced by the Sri Lankan workers in Jordan and when I go back I will do my best to resolve these grievances to the best of my ability," the visiting Jordanian Minister said. The two ministers also exchanged views on bilateral and international issues such as the rights of the Palestinians, threats of international terrorism, rising oil prices and also on the non-aligned movement. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs also briefed the Jordanian Minister of Labour on the steps taken by the government of Sri Lanka to resolve the ethnic problem and restart the peace process by igniting the peace council consisting of all major political parties, ethnic and other religious groups. The Director General of Middle East & Africa Division, W. M. Seneviratne, and other senior officials of the division also participated in the discussion. |
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