ADFD financed projects worth AED6.5b in Jordan: Al Suwaidi

ADFD financed projects worth AED6.5b in Jordan: Al Suwaidi

Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, Director-General of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), stated that the fund has helped finance hundreds of development projects in Jordan costing AED6. 5 billion, enabling the Jordanian Government to achieve its economic and social priorities and drive the process of sustainable development. In his statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on the occasion of the UAE's participation in Jordan's celebration of its 100th anniversary on Sunday, Al Suwaidi said that the fund has had strategic ties with the Jordanian Government for over four and a half decades, and has been a true partner in financing strategic projects that are national priorities. The projects financed by the fund in Jordan have directly contributed to realising the Jordanian Government's visions and objectives and supported local development programmes, he added, noting that these projects focus on vital sectors, most notably education, health, transport, energy, agriculture, irrigation, housing and infrastructure, due to the fund's keenness to support developing countries and enable them to achieve their development goals. The fund financed development projects in the energy sector worth AED1. 376 billion. The fund has helped launch strategic water and irrigation projects worth some AED237 million, which have positively