Senate president receives ambassadors of China, Azerbaijan

AMMAN — Senate President Faisal Fayez on Wednesday met separately with the Chinese and Azeri ambassadors, Gao Yusheng and Sabir Aghabayov, and discussed ways to enhance bilateral relations with their countries. The two ambassadors congratulated Fayez on his appointment as Senate president.

Fayez also met with president and members of the Amman Chamber of Commerce, and stressed the important role of the commercial sector in serving the economy, and the significance of finding solutions to challenges facing it, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Also on Wednesday, Fayez met with a media delegation and stressed his rejection of jailing journalists, urging media professionals to act quickly to deal with “intruders to the profession”, according to a Centre for Defending the Freedom of Journalists statement.