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Ammon News - The meeting that brought together the Dutch ambassador and Minister of State for Information Affairs Faisal Al-Shboul yesterday came at the request and initiative of the Dutch ambassador and was a courtesy meeting, and that the details of the meeting are not usually published because it aims for acquaintance and courtesy and includes setting general addresses for cooperation, according to sources told Ammon.

The sources added that the meeting included a single query from the Dutch ambassador about the possibility of licensing a new local radio, which will be handled by a non-Jordanian and non-Dutch person active in the field of community radio and foreign funding. Dutch non-governmental organization.

Jordanian law prohibits non-Jordanians from taking over the management of media institutions.

The minister informed him that the request would be followed up in accordance with the law, with all impartiality and according to an objective study, the sources indicated.

Regarding the reports concerned with monitoring media and press freedoms, some of these reports and government responses to them were discussed, which were sent to the embassies that fund them, and a copy of them will be sent to the Dutch embassy.

And the Dutch ambassador said in a tweet via Twitter that he met the Minister of Information to discuss issues of common interest, including the media scene in Jordan. They stressed the strong bilateral relationship, and "shared our concerns about the decline in Jordan's international ranking in the field of freedom of expression."