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Modi Meets Jordan’s King, Announces New Pacts and Security Alignment in Amman

Modi set a five-year, $5 billion trade goal as part of an eight-point push to expand cooperation.

Overview

  • Modi held one-on-one and delegation-level talks with King Abdullah II at Husseiniya Palace, where both sides reaffirmed a shared stance against terrorism and de‑radicalisation and Modi praised Jordan’s role on Gaza.
  • Governments said five agreements were concluded: two MoUs on renewable energy and water resource management, a Petra–Ellora twinning pact, a renewed 2025–2029 cultural exchange programme, and a letter of intent on digital public infrastructure.
  • Modi outlined an eight-point agenda spanning trade, fertilisers and agriculture, information technology, healthcare, infrastructure, critical and strategic minerals, civil nuclear cooperation and people-to-people ties.
  • He proposed raising bilateral trade from roughly USD 2.8 billion to USD 5 billion over five years and suggested linking Jordan’s digital payments system with India’s UPI.
  • The visit marks 75 years of diplomatic relations and the first full bilateral Indian prime ministerial trip to Jordan in 37 years, with a JordanIndia Business Forum set for Tuesday before Modi continues to Ethiopia and Oman.