Friday, 16 December 2011
By HANI HAZAIMEH
AMMAN – Minister of Interior Mohammad Al Raoud and his Georgian counterpart Ivane Merabishvili on Thursday signed an agreement that paves the way for boosting joint cooperation in civil defence crisis management.
Al Raoud said Amman and Tblisi are parties to several agreements that have contributed to enhancing bilateral ties and boosting cooperation, adding that the newly signed agreement will add a new brick to the wall of Jordan’s and Georgia’s “strong and distinguished relations”.
“Our two countries signed a trade and economic cooperation agreement in 2010 and earlier this year the two sides signed a joint cooperation agreement in the health, tourism, trade, science and technology, culture, investment, education and youth sectors,” he added.
“The Civil Defence Department (CDD) in the Kingdom has advanced experience in crisis and disaster management. The government recently established the Regional Civil Protection Centre in cooperation with the International Civil Defence Organisation (ICDO),” the minister said, noting that the centre is tasked with providing a databank of civil protection related news and exchanging technical data and experience among ICDO members.
For more, please see this: http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=44376
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/12/16/182860.html
