AMMAN, Apr. 18 (Xinhua) -- Jordan and Turkey will discuss the free trade agreement between the two countries this week, which Jordan suspended last month.
A Jordanian official told Xinhua Tuesday that an official delegation from Jordan will visit Turkey this week to brief the Turkish officials on the Kingdom's conditions to resume activating the deal.
The visit by Jordanian officials to Turkey is the first since Jordan suspended the deal in March, an official at the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Jordan told Xinhua.
Jordan set several conditions to reactivate the deal including the Turkish side's consent to protection measures Jordan will design to protect local industries.
"If the Turkish officials agree on our conditions, we will reconsider the Cabinet's decision that suspended the deal," said the official.
"We want to ensure fairness for both sides through this agreement," said the official.
According to official figures, the trade balance between the two countries is heavily in favor of Turkey.
Jordan suspended the deal saying the Kingdom did not benefit from the deal, which went into effect in 2011.
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