His Majesty King Abdullah met with Shinichi Kitaoka, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Thursday.

King Abdullah underscored the importance of expanding cooperation between Jordanian institutions and JICA, building on strategic Jordanian-Japanese relations.

His Majesty expressed appreciation of Japan’s continued support through JICA − one of the foremost international donors to the Kingdom − in empowering it to carry out development projects and training programmes for young people and for women.

The King also called for increasing support for Jordan in dealing with the issue of Syrian refugees.

JICA’s president stressed the agency’s commitment to expanding its programmes in support of Jordan to achieve its development goals, expressing his appreciation of the Kingdom’s efforts in dealing with the issue of Syrian refugees and supporting counterterrorism efforts.