Jordan Times
Saturday, April 3, 1999
Hashemite Charity to send relief to Kosovo
AMMAN (J.T.) — The Hashemite Charity Organisation will send relief supplies to Kosovo in implementation of His Majesty King Abdullah's directives to help the victims of the Serbian attack, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Abdul Salam Abbadi said on Friday.
The supplies will include tents, medical equipment, medicines and food to be dispatched the following week.
“We are coordinating with the responsible authorities in Albania to ensure the arrival of the supplies and their distribution to the people of Kosovo who have been driven out of their homes and country,” added the minister.
Noting that the HCO has been dispatching similar relief and emergency supplies to various Muslim nations affected by tragedies and conflicts, Abbadi said the supplies to the Kosovo people are being donated by Jordan's private and public organisations including pharmaceutical firms.
“The Jordanian government is angered and shocked because of the ongoing repression against the people of Kosovo and denounces the Serbian government's obstinacy and its disregard to the international efforts seeking to find a just and peaceful solution to the Kosovo problem,” a government statement said on Thursday.
It also added that “the Jordanian government calls on the Belgrade government to immediately respond to international efforts, sign the agreement concluded recently in France to help end the violence, enable the displaced Kosovo people to return to their homeland safely and allow Yugoslavia to return to the international fold.”
Also “the Jordanian government reiterates its support for the people of Kosovo and calls for an immediate halt to their sufferings,” the statement said.