King Abdullah II of Jordan called Monday on the international community to assume its responsibilities towards the countries hosting Syrian refugees.
This came during his meeting with UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi, who arrived in Amman on Sunday for an official visit.
The meeting focused on cooperation between Amman and the UNHCR, particularly the provision of services to refugees in the country, according to a statement issued by the Jordanian Royal Court.
The two sides discussed the growing pressure on services in Jordan due to the high numbers of Syrian refugees in the country, the statement said.
King Abdullah called for continued coordination between Jordan and the UNHCR to ensure that "refugees and host communities receive the necessary support."
The statement indicated that they also discussed the enormous burdens placed by the Syrian refugee crisis on Jordan's economy and the growing pressure it poses on service sectors, mainly education, health and infrastructure.
Grandi, for his part, hailed Jordan's key role in providing humanitarian and relief aid to the refugees, stressing the keenness of the UNHCR to continue cooperation and coordination with the Kingdom to alleviate the impact of the refugee crisis.
Some 650,000 Syrian refugees have registered with the UN in Jordan since the outbreak of the Syrian conflict in 2011, while Amman estimates their numbers to be at about 1.3 million.
The Kingdom says that the cost of hosting them has exceeded 10 billion dollars.
Turkey has been hosting more than three million displaced Syrians since 2011, but it is seeking now to move them into camps on the Syrian side of the border. Lebanon hosts less than one million refugees.
The Syrian war has killed 340,000 people and displaced more than half of the population inside the country and abroad.
