Tarawneh calls for regional economic integration to overcome virus crisis – Jordan Times

  • Date: 15-Apr-2020
  • Source: Arab Times
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Jordan
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Tarawneh calls for regional economic integration to overcome virus crisis – Jordan Times

Home " Local " Tarawneh calls for regional economic integration to overcome virus crisis. Lower House Speaker and President of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union Atef Tarawneh, in a letter to his counterparts in neighbouring Arab countries on Tuesday, called for economic integration to collectively mitigate the repercussions of COVID-19 in the region (Petra photo). AMMAN - President of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union and Lower House Speaker Atef Tarawneh on Tuesday called on the parliaments of countries neighbouring Jordan to push for regional economic integration to collectively confront the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic.. In a letter sent to his counterparts in neighbouring Arab countries, Tarawneh called for "opening the doors of communication" to explore prospects for regional economic integration in agriculture and transport, among other sectors, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.. The Lower House speaker highlighted that the pandemic "has created a new reality and made it imperative to search for new forms of collective action in the service of humanity"..