Formal and popular hospitality .. This is how the Jordanians received the Emir of Qatar

Ayman Fadilat-Amman

The media and social media platforms in Jordan have been busy, over the past days, by welcoming the visit of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani today to the Kingdom, and activists have launched communication platforms, especially for the visit of the Emir of Qatar # Jordan_Welcomes_Baltimimi_Ben_Thani. The branding has recorded a high circulation (trend) in Jordan during the past hours, about eight thousand activists have tweeted about it, and Twitter is expected to rise with the start of the official visit on Sunday afternoon.

The daily newspapers issued in Amman this morning singled out the news of the visit of the Emir of Qatar to Jordan at the invitation of the Jordanian King Abdullah II, and the various Jordanian satellite channels devoted large areas of their programs to talk about the visit.

While the roads of the Jordanian capital, Amman, and its streets were decorated with Qatari flags next to the Jordanian, and the Greater Amman Municipality hung banners welcoming the guest to some of them saying, "Your love is great in the hearts of Jordanians, Welcome to Jordan's great guest, His Highness Prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and the accompanying delegation."

Welcome from the highest levels

He also tweeted the official account of the Royal Jordanian Court on Twitter, welcoming the visit, saying that "His Majesty King Abdullah II is in talks with His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, who starts an official visit to the Kingdom on Sunday."

Today morning, Jordanian Parliament Speaker Atef Al-Tarawneh welcomed the visit. He tweeted on his own account on Twitter, saying, "Today, the Emir of Qatar is a guest of His Majesty and our beloved kingdom, happy with this visit, which emphasizes the depth of bilateral relations that bring together the two countries at all levels, and promotes Arab action." What is in common is in the interest of peoples and the best of our countries. "

The President of the Jordanian National Assembly, Faisal Al-Fayez, told Al-Jazeera Net two days ago that "Qatar's recent position in the meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo supporting Jordanian positions on the American peace plan is respected and appreciated, and we look forward to a unified position from the League of Arab States to find a comprehensive and just solution to the Palestinian issue." .

Good relations with everyone

For his part, Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Al-Razzaz told Qatar News Agency (QNA) that "the Jordanian government is keen to enhance cooperation with the State of Qatar and open wider fields for this cooperation in all fields, valuing the great cooperation between the two countries in the fields of trade and investment and providing employment, training and benefit From experiences. "

"The Emir of Qatar will receive from His Majesty the King, the Crown Prince and all spheres of the Jordanian people a warm and spontaneous welcome stemming from the heart for his distinguished Arab positions, and out of respect for his manly stance in the tribulations that confronted him and his ability," he said. It is necessary to attract the Qatari people and the residents behind it together, and for its speedy response to the requirements of the economic and geographical blockade that Qatar has been subjected to since 2017. "

On the aim of the Emir of Qatar’s visit to Jordan, former Minister of Information Samih Al-Maaytah said in an article published by Ammon News Agency in response to a question: Why is the Emir of Qatar in Amman? Because Jordan, which faces major challenges on more than one level, does not have any battle between it and Qatar, and for this it went to the natural path, which is re-consideration of relations with Doha, which dealt very positively with the Jordanian orientation, and showed a beautiful spirit towards Jordan, which is the same spirit that it carries. Jordan towards Qatar and towards Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman. "

Upcoming summit

It is a prospective Jordanian-Qatari summit, which will contribute to strengthening the Jordanian-Qatari bilateral relations, will definitely be in the interest of the Arab nation and will support legitimate Palestinian rights, and support Hashemite guardianship of Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, in the most dangerous circumstances that pass on Jerusalem and the Palestinian holy cause.

On the level of activists and singers who interacted extensively with the news of the visit, Al-Mughrabi al-Nawrasah said on his Twitter account that "the official celebration of the arrival of His Highness Prince Tamim is normal and not surprising, and it is customary, but the popular celebration of this arrival has many indications. Very little people celebrate the arrival of presidents And leaders. "

As for the tweet Khaled Walid Mahmoud, he tweeted on the tag # Jordan_welcomes_tamimi_ben_shani by saying, "People in general do not forget about the beautiful or the noble stance, nothing like the people or collective memory that preserves the memory of bold stances. This is what my mind hunted as I follow the comments of Jordanians and their posts and tweets that expressed feelings of welcome to visit His Highness Prince Sheikh Tamim. "