Jordan denies exporting Israeli goods to Saudi Arabia

The secretary general of the Jordanian ministry of industry and trade Samer al-Taweel on Monday denied news reports stated by Saudi dailies on exporting Israeli goods to Saudi Arabia through Jordan.

The Jordanian daily al-Arab al-Youm ( Arabs today) quoted al-Taweel as saying that the ministry is committed totally to inspecting the certificate of origins of the Jordanian goods exported from the Kingdom.

He said that so far, the Jordanian ministry did not receive any notification on any Jordanian company to have had marketed Israeli products into the Saudi market or other markets. "We did not receive any official complaint to this effect," he said. On Sunday, the Saudi daily al-Watan said that the Saudi authorities had placed during the few past months 190 Arab and foreign companies on the blacklist because they brought in Israeli goods to Saudi Arabia. The paper explained that among these companies are 70 Jordanians accused by the Saudi office in charge of boycotting Israel of importing and marketing Israeli goods into the Saudi markets.