Jordan, IMF discuss economic collaboration – Roya News English

Jordan, IMF discuss economic collaboration – Roya News English

Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh received at the Prime Ministry Monday the head of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) mission to Jordan, Ron Van Roden, and the accompanying delegation, during the sixth revision of the extended facilitation program, which the IMF's mission is visiting Jordan to conduct.

During the meeting, which was attended by Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of State for Public Sector Modernization Nasser Shraideh, Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Issis, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Zeina Toukan, and Governor of the Central Bank Adel Sharkas, they discussed cooperation relations between Jordan and the IMF and ways to develop them to serve the economic goals that Jordan seeks to achieve.

Khasawneh affirmed that the government is taking all measures and steps to deal with economic challenges, achieve sustainable development, attract investment, and enable it to provide job opportunities for Jordanian youth, in a way that contributes to finding solutions to poverty and unemployment.