King Abdullah II ordered to facilitate the entry and residency of Iraqi citizens to stay in Jordan

King Abdullah II ordered to facilitate the entry and residency of Iraqi citizens to stay in Jordan

King Abdullah II directed the government to take immediate and speedy measures to facilitate the procedures for the entry and residency of Iraqi citizens in the kingdom.

King Abdullah II, during his presidency a meeting to discuss the procedures required to eliminate any difficulties facing the Iraqi citizens coming or residents of Jordan, his eagerness to "do all the necessary steps to facilitate the procedures for our greeted brothers, to have all the care and attention."

Prime Minister Nader Dhahabi emphasized that "the government would quickly evaluate and modify procedures to ensure the removal of any obstacles facing the Iraqi citizens and facilitating their entry and residency to the kingdom."

His Majesty stressed that "Iraqi residents are our brothers and guests; we must care for them, passing through difficult circumstances, to be able to return to their homeland and their land."

He also pointed to the "Jordan's keenness to support the Iraqi people, and standing by their side, so that Iraq returns to its normal, in the Arab and Islamic hoop, and people enjoy security and stability, progress and prosperity."

It should be noted that Jordan is currently hosting about 500 thousand Iraqis have left their country in the wake of the USA invasion in 2003 noting that this number of the Iraqis will increase to more than 1,100,000 million Iraqis in the coming months, the largest section of this number of the businessmen and traders and others who have their headquarters in Amman to follow up the Iraqi market