The Senate’s Jordanian-Italian Friendship Committee, chaired by Senator Bassam Haddadin, on Tuesday met with Chargé d’Affairs of the Vatican embassy in Jordan Mons. Mauro Lalli, on ways to enhance bilateral ties.
Haddadin said that Jordan, under the leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah, is keen to consolidate and build relations between the two countries at various levels and fields, especially religious tourism, which makes the Kingdom a destination for Christian pilgrimages from all countries of the world.
He pointed out that Jordan is a model for religious coexistence and interfaith harmony.
Haddadin highlighted key common political positions between the two countries, including realizing peace in the Middle East, especially the Palestinian issue, which is the central issue, in addition to the Hashemite custodianship over holy sites in Jerusalem.
For his part, the Chargé d’Affairs of the Vatican embassy said that His Holiness the Pope speaks in all his international meetings about the Hashemites’ role as an example in religious dialogue, in addition to the refugees issue and the social and economic burdens the Kingdom bears, and calls on the international community to support Jordan, to enable it to continue carrying out its humanitarian role.
He valued Jordan’s role through the Hashemite custodianship over holy sites, in Jerusalem, which enhances the demand for visiting them and removes political obstacles that limit freedom of travel and movement to it, pointing out to several proposals to develop and rehabilitate religious places in Jordan to stimulate tourism from all over the world.
For their part, members of the committee underlined to the need to consolidate bilateral ties between the two countries, by stimulating and revitalizing tourism, and building on the existing ties between the two countries to include various fields and sectors.
Source: Jordan News Agency