Press Release: First meeting of EU-Jordan Task Force to support the ongoing reforms in Jordan

The first meeting of the EU-Jordan Task Force will take place at the King Hussein Centre at the Dead Sea in Jordan on 22 February 2012. The Task Force will demonstrate the EU´s determination to accompany Jordan on its process of democratic reforms towards a just and inclusive society with democratic rights, social justice and economic opportunity as key features.

It will be co-chaired by Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, and Jordanian Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh. Bernardino León, the EU Special Representative for the Southern Mediterranean Region, will also participate.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Memo/12/124: The EU and Jordan: long-standing relationship http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/124&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Speech/12/119: Catherine Ashton: Opening Remarks at the first meeting of the EU-Jordan Task Force http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/119&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Memo/12/130: Remarks by High Representative Catherine Ashton at the end of the first meeting of the EU-Jordan Task Force, Dead Sea, Jordan http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/130&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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