NATO and Jordan marked an important milestone in their long-standing partnership with the opening of the NATO Liaison Office (NLO) in Amman, Jordan on 16 September 2025. To mark the occasion, the NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood, Javier Colomina, paid an official visit to Jordan, where he met with the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Ambassador Dhaifallah Al-Fayez.
The opening of the Liaison Office stems from three decades during which NATO and Jordan have built a strategic partnership. As the Alliance's first political presence in the Middle East, the Liaison Office in Amman is testament to NATO's commitment to reinforcing dialogue and cooperation with its partners, and to enhance its presence and visibility in the region, in line with NATO's Southern Neighbourhood Action Plan. Building on nearly 30 years of cooperation, particularly through the Mediterranean Dialogue, the Office will create opportunities for NATO and Jordan to engage in regular dialogue on regional and global security developments; to advance practical cooperation, including through the Defence Capacity Building (DCB) Initiative; and to promote better public understanding of the partnership through joint outreach efforts.
Special Representative Colomina's visit to Amman on 16-17 September 2025 follows a sequence of important engagements between NATO and Jordan, including the participation of His Majesty King Abdullah II in NATO's December 2024 Meeting of Foreign Ministers; the signature of the bilateral legal agreement for the establishment of NLO Amman and the visit of the Partnerships and Cooperative Security Committee to Jordan in June; and the Special Representative's first visit to Jordan in November 2024.
