Armenian President Armen Sarkissian, who is on a working visit to Jordan, today took part in the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum dedicated to the Middle East and North Africa.

The forum is held under the high patronage of King Jordan Abdullah II and Queen Rania Al-Abdullah.

The opening ceremony was also attended by heads of state and government, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, over 1,000 leaders from government, business and civil society.

Forum participants were greeted by King Abdullah II of Jordan. The participants of the forum in their speeches touched upon the problems and challenges that the region and the whole world are facing today, in particular, they touched upon issues of energy security, the use of clean and recovering energy sources, climate change, etc.