BRUSSELS, 02 June 2022, (TON): High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell will travel to Jordan from 2 to 4 June.

On 2 June, he will co-chair with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi the 14th EU-Jordan Association Council, at the Dead Sea.

The Foreign Affairs Ministers of some EU Member States will participate in the Plenary Session of the Association Council together with Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Várhelyi.

The Association Council will be devoted to EU-Jordan bilateral relations and the implementation of the EU-Jordan Association Agreement.

It will adopt the EU-Jordan Partnership Priorities until 2027, which set out the new common strategic framework in a number of areas, such as regional stability and security; sustainable economic stability, a green, digital and inclusive growth, education, and decent job creation; good governance, the rule of law and respect for human rights.

Jordan will be the first country in the Southern Neighbourhood to sign the new Partnership Priorities with the EU for the next five years.