Jordan : Right of return for Palestinians is important

Jordan's Prime Minister Ali Abu al-Ragheb has stressed that his government will give top priority to building solid and balanced Arab relations, based on exchanged confidence among all.

In his ministerial statement which was debated on Sunday before the Jordanian Parliament to win confidence in his government, the Jordanian prime minister stressed the commitment of the Jordanian government to a just and comprehensive peace that is accepted and preserved by the coming generations and that his government will work to back "the Arab brothers to restoring back their rights."

He stressed that his government will spare no efforts to backing the Palestinians for restoring back their lands and to establishing their own independent Arab state on their national Palestinian soil with Jerusalem as the capital.

He stressed that Jordan is determinant to implement UN resolution number 194 provides for the right to return and the right to compensate for the Palestinian refugees. He explained that Jordan considers the Palestinian refugees as Jordanian citizens who enjoy their complete citizenship rights, adding that this concept of treating equal the Jordanians and the Palestinians does not in any way undermine the right of the Palestinians their right to return back and to be compensated.

He stressed that Jordan considers the right to return and compensation as a fixed principle for solving the question of the refugees in Jordan. He noted that Jordan has exhausted all its " containing " capacity as a host to the Palestinian refugees.

As for Iraq, Abu al-Ragheb said that his government will exert together with the " Arab brothers and the international community, all efforts to put an end to the sufferings of Iraq and lifting the repressive siege imposed on it." He stressed Jordan's care to maintain Iraq's unity and territorial integrity.