Arab oil states bail Jordan out with $2.5bn grant

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates agreed on Monday to allocate $2.5 for rescuing cash-strapped Jordan’s economy after a week of popular riots against price hikes forced the prime minister to resign and his cabinet to fall. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Jordanian King Abdullah II, Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and UAE’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum meeting in Mecca approved the package. The aid will come in the form of a deposit in the Central Bank of Jordan, providing guarantees to the World Bank for the benefit of Jordan, annual support for the budget of the Jordanian government for five years and funding for development projects.

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9 thoughts on “Arab oil states bail Jordan out with $2.5bn grant

  • Jun 11, 2018 @ 10:21 at 10:21
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    The freak of Jordan King thought that by siding with Turkey for the Palestinian cause he was doing his moon god a favor. Too bad, he had to lick the dust of IMF.

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    • Jun 11, 2018 @ 10:49 at 10:49
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      this certainly gives you cause to rejoice…chalk up another victory for the supermen of theIDF

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  • Jun 11, 2018 @ 12:40 at 12:40
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    Better to bail out Jordan than have another failed Palestinian Gaza on our border

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    • Jun 11, 2018 @ 13:24 at 13:24
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      Oy vey! Such accounting!

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  • Jun 11, 2018 @ 14:02 at 14:02
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    Is the King puts his fingers in the cookie jar ?

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  • Jun 11, 2018 @ 14:05 at 14:05
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    Paying in order to prevent the real PaliShtatt from forming
    Little person slave O’allah Bedu apartheid scam will not last long
    Bags are packed and the chopper is fuled up and ready to go

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  • Jun 11, 2018 @ 22:10 at 22:10
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    The Palestinian King is naked? Who could’ve thought?!

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    • Jun 12, 2018 @ 0:24 at 0:24
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      What about paying for 50 mil cube of water Israel supplies to Jordan free ??? It would probably cost 2 bills a year .And what about gas ? or Military support ? Food ? Chemicals ? Electricity ?
      Is Jordan the tribe of Israel or a State of Israel crony like Hamas and PLO ? And they want to fight Isis ? ???
      Ask Israel for help , they will probably ask Isis to change their uniforms …

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  • Jun 12, 2018 @ 6:47 at 6:47
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    The midget-king of a small, totally broke country, was biting the (Israeli) hand that sustained him and the regime for years – and got away with it: but only as long as it to the advantage of the Jewish state –
    ynot a day longer…

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