Ammon News - AMMAN (Petra) — Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour on Wednesday held talks with officials from India, Kosovo and Laos on ties and the latest regional developments.

During a meeting with India’s minister of state for external affairs, E. Ahamed, Ensour commended Jordanian-Indian relations, voicing keenness on enhancing them in all fields, especially in trade.

He also reiterated Jordan’s stance on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which rests on the two-state solution and stressed that the Kingdom advocates a political solution to the Syrian crisis to end the bloodshed.

For his part, Ahamed expressed his country’s keenness on enhancing its relations with Jordan, highlighting the importance of the Kingdom as a catalyst of peace in a turbulent region.

In a separate meeting on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh discussed the situation in Syria and the peace process in the Middle East with Ahamed.

On the consequences of the Syrian unrest on Jordan, Judeh said the resource-limited Kingdom is carrying extra burdens as a result of hosting around 550,000 Syrian refugees, expressing appreciation of international organisations’ for their help.

Also on Wednesday, Ensour received Jakup Krasniqi, chairman of the assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, and an accompanying delegation.

During the meeting, the premier said Jordan seeks to enhance its relations with Kosovo, briefing the visiting delegation on the Kingdom’s reform process.

For his part, Krasniqi thanked the Kingdom for supporting his country, saying that Jordan was among the first nations to recognise Kosovo’s independence in 2009.

He also voiced appreciation for Jordan’s participation in the UN peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.

Senate President Taher Masri met separately with Krasniqi and discussed enhancing parliamentary cooperation. The Kosovo official invited Masri to visit his country along with a Senate delegation.

Also on Wednesday, Ensour met with Laos Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad and an accompanying delegation.

Talks focused on enhancing bilateral relations and touched on the latest regional developments.

Ensour briefed the delegates on Jordan’s achievements, explaining that stability, security and human resources are the Kingdom’s real assets in its development drive.

Lengsavad expressed his country’s keenness on enhancing cooperation with Jordan and utilising its expertise in potash exports, discussing also the possibility of exporting rice to the Kingdom.