Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Jordan on Friday dismissed statements attributed to the president of the Syrian Opposition National Coalition that Jordan is considering opening a diplomatic mission for the Coalition in Jordan.

Jordan's Minister of State for Media Affairs and the Government Spokesperson Mohammad Momani considered the statements as stemming from "misunderstanding."

The recently elected Syrian Opposition National Coalition President Ahmad Jarba was reported to have stated during his visit to Jordan on Thursday that talks are ongoing to find a mechanism to accredit an embassy for the coalition in Doha, to represent the coalition in the Arab Gulf states, Turkey, Egypt, and Jordan, and to facilitate Syrians' movement and renew their documentation.

A report by CNN Arabic on Friday reported that Jarba said that the talks with Jordan during his recent visit regarding the issue carried "very positive results," citing that such results would be announced towards the end of August.

Jordan responded on Friday that the talks are related to opening such a consulate in Doha, and not in Jordan.

In statements to Ammon News, Momani clarified Jordan's position, stressing that "Jordan's diplomatic relations with Syria are standing," adding that there has been no change in Jordan's policy towards its diplomatic relations with Syria.

Momani reiterated Jordan's support for a peaceful and political solution to the crisis in the neighboring country, and in this light, Jordan maintains discussions with the Syrian opposition within the political efforts that various parties exert to find a solution to the ongoing crisis.

He added that Jordan's talks with the Syrian Opposition Coalition focused on the issue of Syrian refugees, who have numbered over 550,000 since the violence broke out in Syria.

"We keep open channels of communications with all parties involved [in the refugees issue]," Momani told Ammon News on Friday.

Meanwhile, Jordan had allowed Jarba to cross into Syria on Thursday to attend Eid al-Fitr holiday prayers at a mosque in the contested border province of Deraa.

The brief visit of Ahmad Jarba to Tel Shehab, which would likely have required approval from Jordanian authorities, was seen by Syrian opposition sources as reflecting a shift in Amman towards more public support for Assad's opponents.

Fearing that Assad could be replaced by Islamist militants, Jordan has maintained diplomatic and security channels open with Syrian authorities while backing units of the moderate rebel Free Syria Army operating in Deraa, birthplace of the uprising against four decades of Assad family rule, Reuters reported on Friday.

Earlier on Wednesday, Jabra had met with Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and discussed efforts to ease Jordanian restrictions on refugee entry and discussed the stalled U.S.-Russian proposal for a peace conference in Geneva.

Jabra reportedly briefed Judeh on the outcomes of his diplomatic tour to Europe and Arab Gulf states in the past few days.