His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday underscored Jordan’s support for the Libyan people in their pursuit of a better future.
In remarks during an international conference on Libya to discuss the country’s rebuilding held at the Elysee Palace in Paris, His Majesty called on the international community to provide full support to the Libyan people to draw up their democratic and political future on their own.
“This requires a comprehensive political process based on tolerance, reconciliation, justice and the role of law under the leadership of the National Transitional Council [NTC] to consolidate the unity of the Libyan people, guarantee their sovereignty and enable them to restore security and achieve development,” the King said.
During the conference, also attended by Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, King Abdullah stressed the Kingdom’s keenness to support NTC efforts to rebuild Libya on the basis of openness, democracy and justice.
The King voiced Jordan’s readiness to contribute to the efforts targeting reconstruction of Libya and maintaining its stability including providing it with military and police training as well as capacity building in the educational, judicial, medical and construction fields.
His Majesty expressed the Kingdom’s support to release frozen Libyan assets to the NTC to enable it to rebuild the country and achieve Libya’s development goals.
King Abdullah stressed the need to coordinate efforts in the next critical stage, calling on the UN to play a leading role in this regard in coordination with other countries and regional organisations.
Jordan was among the first countries to support the Libyan people and has provided them with humanitarian, medical and logistic support within the framework of international efforts and in implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1973, the King said, stressing Jordan’s willingness to dispatch a field hospital to Libya.
Jordan was also one of the first countries to recognise the NTC and has also appointed a diplomatic representative with the council in Benghazi.
Last April, the Kingdom sent medical and humanitarian aid to Benghazi and received a total of 200 injured Libyans in Jordanian hospitals since the crisis began.
The conference, which was co-hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, was attended by head of the Libyan National Transitional Council Mustafa Abdul Jalil, executive head of the council Mahmoud Jibril, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Bahraini King Hamad Ben Isa Al Khalifa, Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Ben Khalifa Al Thani, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton among others.