HE Mr. Hamdi Tabba’a ,JBA Chairman and HE Mr. Thabet ALTaher , JBA Vice Chairman , received HE Mr. Sadat Onal The Ambassador of Turkey in Amman on Feb. 14th 2013 .
They discussed the economic relations between Jordan and Turkey on the private sector level and the role of JBA in enhancing these relations within the framework of the business council between JBA and the Foreign Economic Relations Council of Turkey (DEIK) HE Mr. Tabba’a brief the Ambassador on the recent JBA business mission to Turkey on Nov. 16th 2012 to promote the services sector in Jordan , the mission included holding three workshops on the prospects for cooperation in the fields of : tourism, higher education, and health care in addition to the opportunities for joint investments , the meetings resulted in the signing of a MOU between Jordan’s Petra University and EDEN University of Istanbul .
On his part , HE the Turkish Ambassador praised JBA role in the development of the economic ties between the business communities in both countries , and he proposed several ways to enhance these relations and suggested that the Gov. of Jordan could benefit from the successful experience of Turkey in the alleviation of public support and its effects on the poor and middle class in Turkey .