(ANSA-AP) - AMMAN, MARCH 25 - Jordan's King Abdullah II has
canceled a visit to Romania to protest its prime minister's
support for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The Royal
Hashemite Court said Monday that the decision came "in
solidarity with Jerusalem." Abdullah was scheduled to visit
Romania later in the day.
On Sunday, Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila told a
conference in Washington that her country was moving its embassy
in Israel to Jerusalem.
However, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, a rival who's in
charge of the East European nation's foreign policy, said the
prime minister hadn't consulted with him over the decision.
Israel claims all of Jerusalem as its capital. Palestinians
seek east Jerusalem, captured by Israel in 1967, as their
capital. Jordan is the custodian of Muslim holy sites in east
Jerusalem' s Old City. (ANSA-AP).
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