Philip VI visited this Sunday at Jordan the refugee camp Baqa’acreated in 1968 following the Six Day War and which is currently the largest in the country which hosts Palestinian refugees.
During the visit to the refugee camp, the King was able to see for himself the project financed by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) through the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Jordan, which contributes to improving living conditions. in refugee camps. The Baqa’a camp currently houses more than 90,000 people and is located approximately 20 kilometers north of the capital Amman.
The monarch visited a school and visited a science classroom, where students were carrying out experiments. according to a press release from Casa Real.
Then, Felipe VI went to the library where he held a meeting with a dozen young refugees and representatives of the local community, beneficiaries of the UNRWA project, and was able to chat with them to discover first-hand what their life is like in the refugee camp.
As the statement highlights, UNRWA received, between 2021 and 2024, 3.25 million euros for this project.
Additionally, the monarch was accompanied by Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Albareswho made this trip with Felipe VI.
After this visit, Felipe VI was received at the Al Husseiniya Palace by Abdullah IIwhere both maintained a bilateral meeting which will be followed by a working lunch which will close the visit of less than 24 hours.
King Felipe VI (pictured) with King Abdullah II of Jordan, during the meeting they held this Sunday in Amman, closing their visit to Jordan.
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“The conflict must end as quickly as possible”
This Saturday, Felipe VI sent a message of “peace, dialogue and reconciliation” between Israelis and Palestinians, expressing his desire thatConflict in region ends ‘as soon as possible’ and support the two-state solution, Israel and Palestine, which coexist in lasting peace.
The Spanish monarch began his first official visit to Jordan this Saturday, invited by King Abdullah II, at a time of maximum voltage in the region following the escalation between the Israeli army and the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran’s recent attack on Israel, to which the latter promised to respond.
