Obama pledges $1 billion in loan guarantees to Jordan

15.02.2014                      15.Adar I.5774                      Schuschan P. Katan, Ki Tisa

Jordanien:

Obama pledges $1 billion in loan guarantees to Jordan

The U.S. president met in California with King Abdullah II of Jordan, a close Arab ally of the U.S. and the largest recipient of U.S. aid, collecting about $1 billion annually for the past five years.

Seeking crucial help for a key Middle Eastern ally, U.S. President Barack Obama announced late Friday that he will ask Congress to approve a new round of financial aid for Jordan, which is struggling to manage the influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees from the civil war in Syria….