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Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Minister Imad Fakhoury on Sunday attended a workshop organized by the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) for Korean volunteers in Jordan.

Fakhoury commended the deep rooted Jordanian-Korean relations that started when the two countries signed the first economic agreement in 1977, stressing keenness on developing relations in several fields.

The relations also have resulted in signing the framework agreement of grants and aid in 2013, which included financial and technical support to Jordan in health, education, water, energy, and vocational training, he added.

The Minister expressed appreciation to the Korean financial support to the Kingdom through soft loans provided Export–Import Bank of Korea and grants provided by KOICA.

He noted KOICA's role in supporting the Kingdom which contributed to the economic and social development through implementing projects at the education and health sectors in addition to bringing Korean volunteers, training Jordanian cadres and delegating Korean experts through Korean international Knowledge Sharing Programme.

The support has a great effect on building national potentials and improving the competent of several vital sectors in Jordan, the minister said, expressing keenness over benefitting from the programme of the international Korean doctor to improve medical services in the Kingdom.

Korean Ambassador in Amman Lee Bom-yon announced various projects that being implemented by KOICA in Amman and the surrounding regions, including building three healthcare centres and a school for students with hearing impairments in Marka.

He also announced that KOICA is going to launch two projects; one to establish a vocational training school for industrial education in Zarqa and the second to establish 4 schools for disadvantaged youth in Irbid, Marka, Zarqa and Amman.

At the workshop, a number of Korean volunteers outlined their experiences in Ajloun and the University of Jordan.

The workshop coincides with the tenth anniversary of signing the KOICA agreement between the two countries in2006.

The Korean government has given Jordan, since 2004, $40,228 million in grants and $232,189 million as soft loans including the developmental complementary soft loan that worth $12,804 million to finance the training and research nuclear reactor at the Jordan University of Science and Technology, and $30 million as a loan to build Naour Wastewater treatment plant, in addition to KOICA's technical support through training projects (14 every year) that improve institutions performance in sectors like Agriculture, Korean language learning, local administration, women rights, crime fighting, energy, health, vocational training, economic and water management.

KOICA has two training programmes that includes "Focus Country Programme" and the ordinary training program the targets groups from different countries, in Jordan, there are some 17 volunteers and two experts.

In June 23, 2014, the two countries have signed a scientific and cultural agreement for 2014-2016, as part of enhancing bilateral cooperation in several fields including education, higher education, culture, tourism, media, and sports.