Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05AMMAN6445
2005-08-11 12:30:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Amman
Cable title:  

JORDANIAN GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE TO THE

Tags:  EAID EFIN PREF PREL KPAL JO 
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111230Z Aug 05
C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 006445 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/11/2015
TAGS: EAID EFIN PREF PREL KPAL JO
SUBJECT: JORDANIAN GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE TO THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

REF: A. STATE 146261


B. AMMAN 06238

Classified By: CDA David Hale for Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 006445

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/11/2015
TAGS: EAID EFIN PREF PREL KPAL JO
SUBJECT: JORDANIAN GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE TO THE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

REF: A. STATE 146261


B. AMMAN 06238

Classified By: CDA David Hale for Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)


1. (C) Jordan (which formerly administered the West Bank)
offers significant support to Palestinian society in keeping
with its extensive economic and social ties to the
Palestinian territories. King Abdullah, who most recently
met with Abu Mazen in Amman on August 2 (ref B),and other
senior GOJ officials are steadfast in their political support
for the Palestinian Authority (PA) under Abu Mazen and a
peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There
is extensive cooperation between Jordanian and PA security
services, and the GOJ recently reiterated its public offer to
provide training in Jordan for Palestinian security officers.
Through the provisions of the Jordan-Israel peace treaty of
1994, Jordan retains a vestigial link to the administration
of Muslim and Christian holy sites in the West Bank and works
closely with Palestinian religious authorities on the upkeep
and refurbishment of these places. The Jordanian Ministry of
Awqaf and Religious Affairs also continues to pay the
salaries of Awqaf employees in the West Bank, including East
Jerusalem. Of particular note, the GOJ expends extensive
resources for the large Palestinian refugee population in
Jordan, both those in official UNRWA camps and those outside
them.


2. (C) Trade accords signed between the PA and its
neighbors, including Jordan, in the 1990s have been a vehicle
for technical cooperation to promote the PA's trade
potential. The GOJ has revised trade policies to facilitate
the flow of trade with the West Bank in support of the PA.
In a meeting with Charge August 11, Foreign Minister Faruok
Kasrawi said that the Jordanian Ministry of Trade and
Industry continues to work with the PA to aid the movement of
Palestinian goods into Jordan, and is attempting to help the
PA export products to Europe and elsewhere outside the
region.


3. (U) Per ref A request, poloff consulted on August 10 with
officials from the Foreign Ministry and the Amman office of
the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on Jordanian
assistance to the PA. Based on their responses and other
available information, post has confirmed that as a recipient
of extensive foreign assistance itself, the GOJ does not
provide any budgetary support for the PA. Jordan also does
not, to our knowledge, help fund any development projects in
the West Bank or Gaza, either directly or through a
multilateral institution such as UNRWA.
HALE