For his part, the European Union Ambassador to Jordan, Pierre-Christophe , stressed the bloc’s keenness to cooperate with all world countries to combat drugs, in conjunction with the increase in drug smuggling and related crimes recently.

The envoy noted combating drugs requires providing a security and monitoring umbrella for border crossings, affirming the union’s keenness to implement this vision with Jordan.

In this regard, the ambassador noted this insight comes under joint partnership and cooperation with the PSD, aimed to enhance the technical capabilities of its employees working at all border crossings to improve the level of their performance in confronting drug smuggling.

Meanwhile, Head of GIZ Operations, Siegfried Leffler, said Jordan is at the “forefront” of countries working to combat drug trafficking, stressing GIZ’s keenness to maintain joint cooperation and coordination with the PSD and support its efforts to enhance its organizational, technical and advisory capabilities in combating dru
gs fields.

The celebration, which was attended by a number of strategic partners and senior officers, featured expert dialogues and speeches that addressed role of community institutions, family, worship places and the media in reducing the drug problem, according to a PSD statement.

Source: Jordan News Agency