The aid pledge, conditional on verification of the safety of the nuclear project, was made when Kan met with Jordan's Prime Minister Samir Rifai at his official residence, the foreign ministry said in a press release.

Kan was referring to a civil nuclear cooperation pact which allows Japan to export its nuclear power generation technology and related equipment to the Middle East country.

The accord was signed in the suburbs of Amman on Friday by Kiyoshi Asako, charge d'affaires at the Japanese embassy in Jordan, and Khaled Toukan, chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission.

Jordan aims to start operation of its first nuclear power plant by 2019 and a Japan-France consortium as well as Russian and Canadian groups are seeking to win a bid for the project, according to Kyodo news agency.

With the newly signed Japanese pact, the consortium formed by Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and France's Areva SA can provide technologies to build a commercial nuclear reactor if it wins the bid.

In the meeting, Kan expressed Japan's interest in large-scale infrastructural projects in Jordan, including construction of nuclear power plants, the press release said.

Rifai told Kan that Jordan as a "regional hub" was going ahead with its nuclear power, water and railway projects which would bring economic benefits to the whole of the region, the statement said.

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