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U.S. to grant Jordan 100,000 tons of wheat

Xinhua, February 1, 2017 Adjust font size:

Jordan and the United States signed an agreement on Wednesday under which the U.S. will provide Jordan with 100,000 metric tons of wheat as a grant, the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation said.

The grant will be sent to Jordan in 2017, the minister Imad Fakhoury said after signing the agreement.

Fakhoury said this is the fourth time the U.S. provides wheat grants to Jordan, adding that the grant comes at a crucial time Jordan is going through due to hosting a large number of Syrian refugees that reached about 1.4 million Syrians.

He said the projects are vital to Jordan, which is one of the poorest countries in terms of water. Endit