Jordan Recalling Envoy to Romania Over al-Quds Embassy

Date: 17 April 2019 - 21:42

News ID: ۶۴۹۷۶

AMMAN (Dispatches) – Jordan is recalling its ambassador to Romania in June over Bucharest's decision to move its embassy in the occupied territories from Tel Aviv to al-Quds, the kingdom's official government newspaper reported.
King Abdullah II of Jordan approved a decision of the council of ministers to recall the country's ambassador from June 1, according to the newspaper.
In late March, Jordan's king scrapped a planned visit to Romania following an announcement by Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila that her country's embassy in the occupied territories would be moved to al-Quds.
However, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said that relocating the embassy to al-Quds would be in breach of international law.
Last month, the Jordanian monarch canceled a visit to Romania to protest its prime minister's support for recognizing al-Quds as the Zionist regime’s so-called capital.
The Royal Hashemite Court said on March 25 that the decision came "in solidarity with al-Quds”, following the announcement by Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila. King Abdullah was scheduled to visit Romania later in the day.
Dancila made the announcement in a speech in Washington at the annual conference of American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the main pro-Zionist lobby group in the United States.
King Abdullah II, whose country is the custodian of Islamic holy sites in al-Quds, has repeatedly said that the question of the occupied Palestinian city is key to resolving the Zionist-Palestinian conflict.
The only way to do that, he has said, is by creating a Palestinian state in the disputed holy city alongside the regime.
In mid-March, he called al-Quds a "red line” for Jordan, while the kingdom's parliament recommended that the government expel the regime’s ambassador in response to "Israeli aggression" at holy sites in the city.ast May, US President Donald Trump sparked international outrage when he relocated the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv.
Al-Quds was occupied by the Tel Aviv regime during the Six-Day War in the 1967, and is deemed the capital of a future independent Palestinian state.