Jordan’s king cancels Romania trip over Jerusalem embassy anouncement

Jordan’s King Abdullah II has cancelled a visit to Romania after its prime minister vowed to move her country’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, his office says.

The king “decided to cancel his visit to Romania which was due to begin on Monday in solidarity with Jerusalem” following the announcement by Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, a royal court statement says.

His Majesty King Abdullah II cancels a visit to #Romania that had been scheduled to start Monday, in solidarity with #Jerusalem, following Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă’s remarks expressing the intention to move her country’s embassy to Jerusalem

— RHC (@RHCJO) March 25, 2019

Dancila’s promise, made yesterday at the annual conference of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC in Washington, broke with the position of both the European Union and her own president.

“I, as prime minister of Romania, and the government that I run, will move our embassy to Jerusalem,” said Dancila, whose country holds the EU’s rotating chairmanship.

Romania’s centrist president Klaus Iohannis has opposed the embassy transfer and has called Dancila “ignorant” over her AIPAC remark. An embassy move would require presidential approval.

— AFP