Under Royal directives, agreement reached to settle Libya’s debts to Jordanian hospitals

AMMAN — Under the directives of His Majesty King Abdullah and after follow-up with Libyan officials, a mechanism has been agreed upon by which Libya will pay its debts to Jordanian hospitals.

The King has directed that the dues be wired directly from banks to the Jordanian hospitals that provided medical care to Libyans, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. 

President of the Private Hospitals Association Fawzi Hammouri previously told The Jordan Times that the medical bills accumulated by Libyans in the Kingdom had reached nearly $350 million after the Libyan crisis broke out in 2011.

The medical bills, accumulated by Libyans at 30 different private Jordanian hospitals, were to be paid back in three phases this year, as per an agreement signed in November 2018.

Under the agreement, $125 million was to be paid in December, $62.5 million in February and the remaining $62.5 million in April.