Jordan's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Sufian al-Qudat, confirmed that "drug and weapon smuggling across the Syrian border into Jordan poses a danger to national security," emphasizing that "Jordan will continue to confront this threat and all those behind it." He noted that "Jordan has provided the Syrian government during meetings of the joint committee formed by the two countries with the names of smugglers and the entities behind them, as well as the locations for the production, storage, and trafficking of drugs, which fall under the control of the Syrian government. However, no real actions have been taken to neutralize this threat," pointing out that "the attempts at smuggling have seen a serious increase in numbers."
Al-Qudat affirmed Jordan's readiness to move "in coordination with the Syrian government to stop smuggling operations and hold accountable those who carry them out and support them. We expect our Syrian brothers to take practical, effective, swift, and impactful measures against them." He noted that "Jordan, which has hosted more than 1.3 million Syrian brothers, providing them with security, safety, and dignified living, and which the whole world remembers for its armed forces' support to thousands of them crossing the border fleeing from war, is fully committed to the security of Syria and the safety of its sisterly people across all of Syria, particularly in the neighboring provinces of Sweida and Daraa, which share historic fraternal ties with Jordan."
The official spokesperson rejected "any insinuations that the Jordanian border has ever been a source of threat to Syrian security or a corridor for terrorists, as Jordan was the first to confront them. Rather, it has always been and will remain a bastion of safety, support, and backing for sisterly Syria and its noble people in Daraa, Sweida, and throughout Syria." He affirmed that "Jordan continues its efforts to help end the Syrian crisis and reach a political solution that preserves Syria's security, unity, and sovereignty, freeing it from terrorism, chaos, and drug cartels, and fulfilling the aspirations of its sisterly people." Al-Qudat stressed that "Jordan is capable of protecting its borders and security from drug and weapon smuggling gangs, and it will defeat them, ending the threat they represent through the efforts of the valiant armed forces and security agencies."
