Our borders are extremely secure

His Majesty King Abdullah II said that Jordan's borders are "extremely secure", stressing that the Kingdom has retaliated to several contacts over the past several months to those who have come across its borders. In a television interview with presenter of "60 minutes" program, Scott Pelley, which was broadcast on CBS on Sunday, and in response to a question about hosting a large number of Syrian refugees, the King said that Jordan received more than 1.4 million Syrian refugees forming 20 percent or slightly more of the country's population, which is equivalent of probably 60 million refugees in the United States. "I think we are at the limit actually, and with the difficult economic conditions we're in it's a tremendous burden on our country," he said. Regarding the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) and its threat to the security and stability of the region, his Majesty said that they could have been prevented if the international community worked harder together to make sure funding and support to the original groups in Syria were not allowed to get to the extent that they were. He added that ISIS has triggered an understanding that its time to make up minds on the fight of good against evil. "This brings all of us together from all religions on different sides of the divide are we going to fight the good fight," he said. On the impact of ISIS in the region, the King said that the difference with ISIS compared to any other organization is that they are self financing. "They can produce within a year, in a year cycle, up to almost a billion dollars worth of oil derivatives which means they can pay a lot of foreign fighters come to their country and they can buy weapons". In response to a question on whether ISIS Head is an Islamic heretic, King Abdullah said that to use the word "Islam" and him in the same sentence is not acceptable. "That he even speaks in the name of Islam for me is so horrendous and so shocking," he added. CBS will broadcast other excerpts from the interview with King Abdullah II in the coming days. Source: Petra