AMMAN, Dec 24: The two daughters of toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein have been warned to stop politicking if they want to remain in Jordan, a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

“The welcome extended to the two daughters of Saddam Hussein by Jordan was motivated by humanitarian concerns and we expect them to respect the rules of hospitality, the position of Jordan and its commitments,” said spokeswoman Asma Khodr.

“We are not asking that Raghad and Rana stop giving interviews to journalists but that these should have a human, not political aspect,” Ms Khodr said.

Raghad and her younger sister Rana fled to Jordan with their nine children on July 31, nearly four months after their father’s government was toppled.

The spokeswoman stressed that the Jordanian government was not “asking them to be silent, because they are not prisoners”.—AFP