Saudi Arabia expresses support for Jordan in the face of security threats

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Updated 16 April 2025
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Saudi Arabia expresses support for Jordan in the face of security threats

  •  Jordan arrested 16 people, thwarting a plot that threatened national security, involving rockets, explosives and a factory to make drones

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said Wednesday it supported all measures taken by Jordan to thwart any attempts to undermine its security. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement: “Saudi Arabia praises the measures taken by the security authorities in the sisterly Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to thwart plots aimed at undermining Jordan's security and inciting chaos.” 

Jordan said on Tuesday it had arrested 16 people who were trained and financed in Lebanon and had plotted attacks on targets inside the kingdom involving rockets and drones.

Jordanian authorities said at least one rocket was ready to be launched as part of an operation that had been under surveillance by security forces since 2021.

 

 

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Jordanian king receives credentials of Saudi ambassador in Amman

Updated 07 December 2025
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Jordanian king receives credentials of Saudi ambassador in Amman

  • King Abdullah recognizes strong ties between two nations

LONDON: King Abdullah II of Jordan received the credentials of the Saudi ambassador, Prince Mansour bin Khalid bin Farhan, during a ceremony at Basman Palace in Amman on Sunday.

The prince’s official title will be “ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” to Jordan, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

King Abdullah recognized the strong ties between the two nations and wished the ambassador success in enhancing them.

The monarch also accepted the credentials of several other ambassadors, namely, Khaled El Abyad from Egypt, Brigitte Tawk from Lebanon, Louis-Martin Aumais from Canada, Paula Ganly from Australia, James Holtsnider from the US, Guo Wei from China and Shahin Shakir Abdullayev from Azerbaijan.

Yousef Issawi, chief of Jordan’s Royal Hashemite Court, and Ayman Safadi, the nation’s foreign minister, also attended the ceremony, the Petra news agency reported.