Issuance of a Jordanian-Emirati Memorandum of Understanding to Establish a Joint Consular Committee in the Official Gazette
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In issue number (6076) of the Official Gazette, the Council of Ministers, in its session held on July 27, 2026, approved a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, regarding the establishment of a joint committee on consular affairs.
This memorandum comes as a desire of the two brotherly countries to strengthen the deep and constructive relations between them, and to deepen mutual cooperation in the field of protecting and enhancing the welfare of citizens of each in the territory of the other.
The memorandum provides for the establishment of a joint consular affairs committee called the "Joint Consular Committee", chaired by representatives of each participant in addition to representatives from the relevant government agencies.
The terms of the understanding also state that meetings of the Joint Consular Committee will be held alternately in the two countries, with the dates of these meetings to be agreed upon by mutual agreement between the two sides through diplomatic channels. Each participant appoints a chairman to represent them on the committee, decisions are made by consensus, and the meetings of the committee are chaired alternately by the relevant chairmen.
