His Majesty King Abdullah II King Meets Chief of ICRC Mission in Jordan

Amman
05 December 2001

His Majesty King Abdullah II received at Beit Al Barakah on Wednesday Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross Mission in Jordan Pascal Cuta on the occasion of the end of his term and Jee Meleih, who has been appointed to replace Cuta.

King Abdullah affirmed Jordan s support to humanitarian activities carried out by ICRC to help ensure success to these activities. Cuta, who paid tribute the close cooperation between ICRC and the Jordanian Armed Forces particularly the army and police units taking part in the international peace keeping forces, gave an account on ICRC accomplishments over the past few years . He also commended the logistic support offered by the Jordanian government to help provide relief aid to the Palestinian areas and Iraqi people.