Jordan tells Russia to stop recruiting its citizens after two killed
Amman, Nov 27 (AFP) Nov 27, 2025
| Jordan tells Russia to stop recruiting its citizens after two killed Amman, Nov 27 (AFP) Nov 27, 2025 Jordan on Thursday asked Russia to stop recruiting its citizens for its armed forces after two of them were killed fighting for Moscow.In a statement, the foreign ministry called the recruitment “a violation of Jordanian law and international law” that “exposes citizens to serious danger”. Spokesman for the ministry Fuad al-Majali called on Jordanians “to report any attempts to recruit them into the Russian army” and warned of both legal risks and the danger of death. The ministry, he said, “has requested the Russian authorities to stop recruiting Jordanians and to terminate the service of any Jordanian citizens already enlisted”. The ministry was also aware of online recruitment efforts, he said. It is illegal for Jordanians to join the armed forces of a foreign country. It’s unknown how many Jordanians may have been recruited, but hundreds live in Russia and more than 20,000 have studied in the countries of the former Soviet Union, according to unofficial data. Early in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, when Moscow was propping up former president Bashar al-Assad’s rule in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wanted to recruit 16,000 fighters from the Middle East — with around 2,000 regular Syrian troops later reportedly sent to Russia.
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Foreign Ministry follows up on circumstances behind killing of two Jordanians recruited in Russian army
November 27, 2025
Amman, Nov. 27 (Petra)– The Operations and Consular Affairs Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs is following up on details related to the killing of two Jordanian citizens who had been recruited to fight with the Russian army.
Ministry Spokesperson Fuad Al-Majali said the ministry is closely monitoring cases in which Jordanian citizens are being lured by foreign entities for illegal recruitment an act that constitutes a violation of Jordanian law and international law, and exposes citizens to serious danger.
Al-Majali urged citizens to report any attempts to recruit them into the Russian army and warned against engaging with such offers due to the life-threatening risks involved and the legal violations they entail.
He added that the ministry has requested the Russian authorities to stop recruiting Jordanians and to terminate the service of any Jordanian citizen already enlisted in the Russian armed forces, emphasizing that the ministry will take all available measures to halt this practice.
The ministry also warned of entities operating online to recruit Jordanians, stressing that it is monitoring these groups in coordination with national institutions in order to take all necessary legal and diplomatic actions against them.
The ministry reaffirmed that deceiving Jordanians and recruiting them into a foreign army is a serious breach of international law, international obligations, and Jordanian legislation, which criminalizes joining foreign armed forces.
//Petra// MF
27/11/2025 19:50:11
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