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FM rejects #Dutch ambassador's statement, calls for 'frank dialogue' [_link] 'frank-dialogue' #Jordan #Amman #jo pic.twitter.com/6377Q09dg7— The Jordan Times (@jordantimes) October 21, 2022
FM rejects #Dutch ambassador's statement, calls for 'frank dialogue' [_link] 'frank-dialogue' #Jordan #Amman #jo pic.twitter.com/6377Q09dg7
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Jordan censures Dutch envoy for 'interference' in radio license row | Anadolu Agency | In a tiff over a radio license application, Jordan has condemned the Dutch ambassador to the country for interfering in internal matters. Dutch envoy Harry Verweij requested a radio broadcast license for a citizen of a third country during a courtesy meeting with State Minister for Media Affairs Faisal al-Shboul, according to Jordan's Foreign Ministry. The ministry said it summoned the Dutch ambassador and "strongly" condemned his "interference in the country's internal affairs." The director of the ministry's Europe wing told Verweij that the government was "astonished" by the ambassador's interference in a radio license application for a non-Jordanian and non-Dutch person, Jordan's official news agency Petra reported. The envoy was told that such applications are "processed according to laws and regulations in force and with 'absolute' transparency ... (and) it was 'incomprehensible' that an ambassador representing a friendly country interfered in a matter governed by Jordan's laws," the report said. The incident has also drawn a reaction from the UAE, where the Foreign Ministry summoned the Dutch ambassador to the country to "protest interference" in Jordan's internal matters. A ministry statement conveyed solidarity with Jordan and "expressed its strong protest against the irresponsible statement breaching diplomatic norms that was made by the Dutch ambassador." Verweij's statement "is considered a blatant interference in the internal affairs" of Jordan, it added.
In a tiff over a radio license application, Jordan has condemned the Dutch ambassador to the country for interfering in internal matters.
Dutch envoy Harry Verweij requested a radio broadcast license for a citizen of a third country during a courtesy meeting with State Minister for Media Affairs Faisal al-Shboul, according to Jordan's Foreign Ministry.
The ministry said it summoned the Dutch ambassador and "strongly" condemned his "interference in the country's internal affairs."
The director of the ministry's Europe wing told Verweij that the government was "astonished" by the ambassador's interference in a radio license application for a non-Jordanian and non-Dutch person, Jordan's official news agency Petra reported. The envoy was told that such applications are "processed according to laws and regulations in force and with 'absolute' transparency ... (and) it was 'incomprehensible' that an ambassador representing a friendly country interfered in a matter governed by Jordan's laws," the report said.
The incident has also drawn a reaction from the UAE, where the Foreign Ministry summoned the Dutch ambassador to the country to "protest interference" in Jordan's internal matters.
A ministry statement conveyed solidarity with Jordan and "expressed its strong protest against the irresponsible statement breaching diplomatic norms that was made by the Dutch ambassador."
Verweij's statement "is considered a blatant interference in the internal affairs" of Jordan, it added.
Five countries - Turkey (3.4 million), Lebanon (850,000), Jordan (668,000), Germany (616,000) and Iraq (245,000) - hosted 90 percent of the 6.76 million Syrian refugees around the world as of July 2021. 'Sapere aude'
Pleasure meeting HE Min of Media AlShubol. An opp. to discuss issues of common concern, incl the media scene in Jordan. Stressed our strong bilateral relationship, & I shared our concerns on Jordan's declining international ranking on freedom of speech. 🇳🇱 ready for cooperation. pic.twitter.com/FOM61zDG7R— Harry Verweij NLAmbJordan (@HarryVerweij) October 18, 2022
Pleasure meeting HE Min of Media AlShubol. An opp. to discuss issues of common concern, incl the media scene in Jordan. Stressed our strong bilateral relationship, & I shared our concerns on Jordan's declining international ranking on freedom of speech. 🇳🇱 ready for cooperation. pic.twitter.com/FOM61zDG7R
Envoy's tweet on media freedoms triggers diplomatic tiff | Jordan News - Oct. 23, 2022 | The UAE's foreign ministry described the statements of the Dutch ambassador in Jordan as "irresponsible and outside diplomatic norms,... which are a blatant interference in Jordan's internal affairs." As local media outlets and social media platforms covered reactions to this unprecedented diplomatic tiff, Community Media Network (CMN) in Amman issued a statement on Thursday acknowledging that there had been posts and statements, which it characterized as "not accurate", that indirectly involved CMN/Radio al Balad and AmmanNet. The statement said that the organization had been contacted more than a year ago by the Dutch CEO of Ref FM (refugees FM), an organization that helps establish nonpolitical radio stations aimed at refugees. The CEO asked CMN whether it would be willing to work together to set up a station targeting Syrian refugees in Za'atari camp, the network said.
The UAE's foreign ministry described the statements of the Dutch ambassador in Jordan as "irresponsible and outside diplomatic norms,... which are a blatant interference in Jordan's internal affairs."
As local media outlets and social media platforms covered reactions to this unprecedented diplomatic tiff, Community Media Network (CMN) in Amman issued a statement on Thursday acknowledging that there had been posts and statements, which it characterized as "not accurate", that indirectly involved CMN/Radio al Balad and AmmanNet.
The statement said that the organization had been contacted more than a year ago by the Dutch CEO of Ref FM (refugees FM), an organization that helps establish nonpolitical radio stations aimed at refugees. The CEO asked CMN whether it would be willing to work together to set up a station targeting Syrian refugees in Za'atari camp, the network said.
Activists: ISIL fighters withdraw from Yarmouk. The jihadists, foreign Sunni fighters ended up in Idlib, a contained terrorist city guarded by military from Turkey and Russia. A hell on earth ... more than scars of an stupid war by US, UK, Turkey, NATO and Arab states.
America, NATO and the Syrian Quagmire | April 2017 |
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