Jordan hopes to reopen border crossing with Syria as ties go ‘in right direction’
The Jordanian government has expressed hope for the reopening of its border crossing with Syria as it says relations with Damascus are “in the right direction.”
Speaking in a Friday televised speech, Jordanian government spokesman Mohamed Momani highlighted the “stability” of the situation in southern Syria across the border from Jordan, noting, "If the current situation continues and southern Syria stabilizes, it would allow for the reopening of the crossing points between the two states."
"Our relations with the Syrian state and regime are going in the right direction," AFP quoted Momani as saying.
Jordan, which shares a border of more than 370 kilometers with Syria, is one of the few Arab countries which have not closed their diplomatic missions in Damascus. The Syrian Embassy is also open in Amman.
The current closure of Syrian and Iraqi borders due to the ongoing wars in both countries has severely damaged the Jordanian economy.
Following attacks by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in 2016 which killed seven Jordanian soldiers, the country declared desert regions that stretch northeast to Syria and east to Iraq as "closed military zones.”
Jordan is part of a coalition that allegedly fights Daesh in Iraq and Syria. The country has justified its presence in the alliance, which operates under the leadership of the United States, as a way to block the spillover of the militancy from the two Arab countries that share long borders with Jordan.
While according to the UN, Jordan hosts over 650,000 Syrian refugees, Amman puts the actual number at 1.4 million.
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