“A strong partnership between the EU and Jordan has never been more important than now, where Jordan is at the forefront of the fight against terrorism and has shown tremendous solidarity in hosting Syrian refugees”, EU Ambassador to Jordan, Andrea Matteo Fontana, said in a press release issued by the EU Delegation in Amman, on Thursday 21 January.
His remarks came during a joint press conference with the Dutch Ambassador to Jordan, Paul van den Ijssel, held to mark the Netherlands assuming the rotating presidency of the EU.