Jordan Times
Saturday, April 25, 1998
Greece grants $500,000 for Kingdom’s social
security plan
AMMAN (J.T.) — Greece has granted Jordan $500,000 to help it
carry out a government-sponsored social security package plan
designed to address poverty, unemployment and other chronic ills
mainly affecting the less-developed regions of the country.
An agreement on the grant was signed by Minister of Planning Rima
Khalaf and Greek Ambassador to Jordan Aristidis Sandis with the
attendance of senior Ministry of Planning officials and Greek
embassy staff.
Following the signing ceremony, Mr. Sandis described Jordan
relations with Greece as excellent in all fields, noting that the
grant marks the first formal assistance from Greece to Jordan for
development projects.
The government last year announced that it planned to carry out a
multi-year plan to improve the infrastructure and living
conditions in the country’s less-developed regions,
including the Palestinian refugee camps.
The government said that of the JD431 million needed for the
plan, financial assistance and loans have already been secured
from a number of European and friendly nations as well as
international organisations.
The plan entails modernising the infrastructure of basic
services, creating jobs and improving health and social services.