AMMAN: Jordan's King Abdullah and Syria's interim President Ahmed al Sharaa agreed on Wednesday to work together to secure their common border against arms and drug trafficking, officials said. At a meeting with al Sharaa in Amman, the Jordanian monarch also condemned Israel's strikes late on Tuesday on southern Damascus and in southern Syria near the Jordan border, the latest in a series of Israeli attacks on Syrian military targets.
The leaders agreed that coordination was crucial for border security and for curbing arms and drug smuggling, a phenomenon that Jordan struggled to contain along its border during the rule of ousted president Bashar al Assad, the palace added.
The monarch welcomed the outcome of a landmark national dialogue conference held at the presidential palace in Damascus on Tuesday, saying it was "an important step towards rebuilding Syria to attain the aspirations of the Syrian people." Jordanian officials have said they were ready to help Syria rebuild and promised to help it ease its acute power shortages by supplying it with electricity and gas. — Reuters
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