His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday called for further cooperation between the Kingdom and UNHCR, to ensure that the international community exerts more efforts vis-à-vis the issue of Syrian refugees, especially in light of the increasing burdens borne by the Kingdom as a result of hosting Syrian refugees.

During a meeting with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, who has assumed his post recently, King Abdullah stressed the importance of boosting international efforts to make sure that host countries of Syrian refugees can pursue their humanitarian mission, especially in light of the increasing gap between the numbers of refugees and the international support for them.

During the donors’ conference that will be held in the UK at the beginning of next month, Jordan will put forward its vision on drawing up mechanisms that ensure the sustainability of assistance and services for Syrian refugees.

His Majesty highlighted the Kingdom’s efforts to ensure the flow of humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees, whose number in Jordan is put at around 1.3 million. He called for intensifying support for the Jordanian government to pursue its services in this domain.