The European Commission and the Jordanian Ministry of Investment are preparing to hold the Jordanian-European Conference next November to launch investment platforms, amid European interest in supporting Saudi and Turkish plans to finance land transport projects that include goods and passengers, linking Europe, via Turkey, with the Arab Gulf states.
This approach comes without Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, Israel, and the port of Haifa, according to former Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher.
In this context, representatives of the European Commission and Western ambassadors in Amman began presenting their countries’ proposals to Jordanian ministers and officials.
Representatives of the European Commission and Western ambassadors in Amman began presenting their countries' proposals to Jordanian ministers and officials.
This requires the Kingdom, which is looking forward to land transport projects, to pay attention to the proposals that have been submitted, within the framework of interacting with the variables of the post-Iranian-American agreement phase, according to the economic expert, Anwar Al-Khafash.
Especially since dealing with Europe was among the conclusions of the experts’ dialogue at the Royal Palace, more than two weeks ago, which also included the possibility of Netanyahu and his team being absent, and Iran being at the heart of the grand bargain.
While officials no longer speak of a return to partnerships with the Israeli entity, nor of reliable guarantees from the current US administration, as observers have noted, a partnership with Europe could be the basis for a return to the peace process, if the right-wing equation changes in the upcoming Israeli elections.
All of this is happening amidst dialogue with the Arab Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia, to resolve the Strait of Hormuz impasse and to inject billions into investments in projects to transport goods, including gas and oil, to and from Europe, via Turkey and, before that, via Syrian and Jordanian territories.
While European countries are working on this file, the Turkish Ministry of Transport announced in the middle of last week that contacts and understandings with countries in the region in the context of a huge railway project for transporting goods and passengers have reached advanced levels.
These arrangements may lead to Jordanian-Syrian-Saudi understandings with European countries and a point that keeps Iran from controlling the Strait of Hormuz and isolates the Israeli right wing, which means an intersection in political action between the Gulf, Jordan, Europe and Turkey.
Therefore, economic advisors in Amman suggested focusing on upgrading the infrastructure to launch massive projects that would benefit Jordan, firstly in the areas of land transport, and secondly in logistics and goods storage.
The European-Jordanian conference will provide cover for supporting investment shifts, including the injection of tens of billions of dollars to establish major land transport corridors, bypassing Israel, the occupied Palestinian coast, the Strait of Hormuz, and Iranian control over it.
That is an opportunity for Jordan, said former Deputy Prime Minister and economic expert, Mohammad Al-Halaiqa, proposing a planning approach based on efficiency, professionalism, and meeting logistical needs and responses.
In any case, the European-Jordanian conference will provide cover to support investment transformations, including the injection of tens of billions of dollars to establish large land transport corridors, away from Israel, the coasts of occupied Palestine, and the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian control over it.
Programs in the field of land transport will be put on the table at the conference, in conjunction with Turkish initiatives that have made the issue of transporting goods from the Arabian Gulf to Turkey by land and then to Europe a priority for the Turkish Presidential Palace.
According to Al-Halaiqa, the economic need is urgent in the post-war phase and may establish a different pattern of political and diplomatic rapprochement, not only on the basis of a shared vision, but also on the basis of an exchange of interests and benefits. This requires a Jordanian diplomatic and political approach that reads the change and new developments as an investment opportunity, requiring changes and diversifications in the diplomatic and political compass.
Because the Jordanian establishment believes that its needs in energy, transportation, water and food security must be rebuilt away from the volatile and unpredictable Israeli mood, strengthening the partnership with the Europeans is part of this path in the transformation of Jordanian convictions.
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