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Jordan King Cancels Romania Trip Over Jerusalem Declaration

by Associated Press

   AMMAN --

   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.