Governor of Irbid, Radwan Al-Otoum briefed Azerbaijani Ambassador to Jordan, Eldar Salimov, on the investment environment in the northern governorate and promising opportunities to increase the volume of investment and trade exchange between the two countries.
In a meeting held Monday and attended by Presidents of Irbid Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Al-Otoum said the governorate enjoys an attractive investment environment in all respects, as it has qualified industrial and development zones, lauding the strong relations between the two countries in various fields, especially political, cultural and scientific ones.
He stressed the importance of strengthening and developing ties between the two countries, especially as there are many agreements concluded between them in the various economic and investment fields.
He pointed out that the challenges of Syrian refugees crisis and receiving more than 400,000 of in Irbid imposed new challenges in providing job opportunities and dealing with poverty and unemployment rates, which requires working in partnership by both countries’ private sectors in order to increase the volume of mutual investment to serve the purposes of development and create new job opportunities.
Source: Jordan News Agency