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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Monday (December 15, 2025) met Jordan’s King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein astatine the Husseiniya Palace successful Amman and discussed issues of bilateral and determination interests.
PM Modi was connected a two-day sojourn to Jordan astatine the invitation of King Abdullah II. In a peculiar motion emblematic of the adjacent ties betwixt the 2 countries, the Prime Minister was warmly received by King Abdullah II.
PM Modi, who arrived successful Jordan, connected the archetypal limb of his three-nation travel aimed astatine further strengthening ties with them, earlier said his sojourn to Jordan volition boost bilateral linkages betwixt the 2 nations.
He said that his sojourn to Jordan volition boost bilateral linkages betwixt the 2 nations.
“Landed successful Amman. Thankful to Mr. Jafar Hassan, Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, for the lukewarm invited astatine the airport,” PM Modi said successful a station connected societal media. “I americium definite this sojourn volition boost bilateral linkages betwixt our nations,” helium added.
First ‘bilateral’ successful 37 years
This full-fledged bilateral sojourn to Jordan is taking spot aft 37 years, coinciding with the 75th day of the constitution of diplomatic relations betwixt the 2 countries.
Jordan is the archetypal limb of Modi’s four-day, three-nation tour, which volition besides instrumentality him to Ethiopia and Oman.
“It is an honour to invited Prime Minister @narendramodi of the Republic of India to Jordan today, arsenic a valued guest, successful a sojourn that reflects seventy-five years of adjacent and enduring relations,” the Jordanian Prime Minister said successful a station connected societal media.
“We look guardant to broader horizons of practice betwixt our 2 countries, peculiarly successful the economic, investment, and technological fields,” helium added.
When PM Modi arrived astatine the hotel, helium was warmly welcomed by the Indian assemblage and friends of India successful Jordan. He greeted them and conveyed the wishes of friends and families from India.
“Deeply touched by the lukewarm invited extended by the Indian assemblage successful Amman. Their affection, pridefulness successful India’s advancement and beardown taste bonds bespeak the enduring transportation betwixt India and its diaspora. Also grateful for the relation the diaspora continues to play successful strengthening India-Jordan relations,” PM Modi posted connected X.
Later successful the day, Modi volition conscionable King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein for a one-on-one speech followed by a delegation-level meeting.
On Tuesday (December 16), the Prime Minister and the King would code an India-Jordan concern event, which volition beryllium attended by starring businessmen from some countries.
The Prime Minister, on with the Crown Prince, is scheduled to sojourn Petra, the historical metropolis that shares past commercialized linkages with India, taxable to upwind conditions.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, this is Prime Minister Modi’s archetypal full-fledged bilateral sojourn to Jordan.
Transited Jordan successful 2018
PM Modi had transited done Jordan successful February 2018, portion connected his mode to Palestine.
“Even though it was a transit visit, exceptional courtesies” were accorded to him by His Majesty the King, making it much than conscionable a transit visit... the existent afloat bilateral sojourn (by an Indian premier minister) is taking spot aft an interval of 37 years,” the MEA said astatine a peculiar briefing successful New Delhi past week.
India and Jordan stock beardown economical ties, with New Delhi being Amman’s third-largest trading partner. Bilateral commercialized betwixt the 2 countries is valued astatine $2.8 billion.
Jordan is besides a starring supplier of fertilizers to India, peculiarly phosphates and potash.
The Arab state is location to a vibrant Indian diaspora of implicit 17,500 radical employed crossed sectors specified arsenic textiles, construction, and manufacturing.
