a cooperação entre a Rússia e Jordânia está a aprofundar-se
Telephone conversation with King Abdullah II of Jordan
January 14, 2016 18:10
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/51169The discussion focussed on ways to resolve the Syrian crisis. The two leaders spoke in favour of enhancing UN efforts to hold intra-Syrian talks in Geneva in late January.
The two leaders also stressed the need for a speedy consolidation of the actions of all the states concerned in resisting ISIS and other extremist groups. Vladimir Putin noted the importance of Jordan making a list of all terrorist organisations.
It was agreed to intensify bilateral efforts along various lines, including within the framework of the so-called Amman mechanism directed at the further coordination of joint counterterrorist efforts.
Russia helps shift balance against rebels in southern Syria
January 7, 2016 5:55 pm
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/69cb93de-b552-11e5-8358-9a82b43f6b2f.html#axzz3xX8e9avVThe growing Russian role in the south has surprised many regional diplomats who believed Moscow had an understanding with Syria’s southern neighbours, Jordan and Israel, not to extend into their sphere of influence. Rebels from Syria’s Southern Front alliance say they too were surprised to become the target of the new campaign: their forces are directly supplied by the Military Operations Command (MOC), an operations room staffed by Arab and western military forces, including the US.
“They (MOC) should be nervous,” says Abu Ghayath al-Shami, a spokesman for the Southern Front’s Seif al-Sham Brigades. “This area was one of their last cards, the one area where there was still a functioning relationship between the rebels and the international community.”
Not all of Syria’s neighbours seem worried. Amman, which has facilitated the Southern Front’s work, could be content for Russian-backed forces to secure the area. Jordan may even see Moscow as a better guarantor of its security than the rebel groups who currently control the south.
“When Russia intervened in Syria, Jordan was among the few Arab countries that were not against this intervention,” said Oraib Al Rantawi, director of the Al-Quds Centre for Political Studies in Amman. “Jordan has strong ties with Russia . . . there is a feeling we can deal with one of the superpowers in this area better than the way we did with the others.”
