A handout picture released by the Jordanian News Agency Petra shows Jordan's King Abdullah II (L) meeting with Emirati Vice President and Prime Minister, Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum, in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on June 3, 2009. The king met with Maktoum before visiting Bahrain. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

A handout picture released by the Jordanian News Agency Petra shows Jordan's King Abdullah II (L) meeting with Emirati Vice President and Prime Minister, Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum, in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on June 3, 2009. The king met with Maktoum before visiting Bahrain.

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  1. Visiting Jordanian King Abdullah II (R) talks to Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah at the Brunei International Defence Exhibition (BRIDEX) in Bandar Seri Begawan August 12, 2009.
  2. King Abdullah II of Jordan ,left, receives U.S. Middle East Peace envoy George Mitchell, right, in Amman, Jordan, Thursday,17 Sep 2009. Mitchell discussed with the King, the results of his talks with the Palestinians and Israeli officials regarding settlement buildings.
  3. King Abdullah II of Jordan, right, receives Palestinian President Mahomoud Abbas, left, at Beit Al-Urdon palace, in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.
  4. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, right, speaks during a press conference after his meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan on ways to relaunch Palestinian-Israeli peacemaking, in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009.
  5. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband speaks during a press conference after his meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan on ways to relaunch Palestinian-Israeli peacemaking, in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009.
  6. Jordan's King Abdullah II meets with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, left, in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Nov. 3 2009.
  7. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (R) meets with US special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell in Amman on November 2, 2009. Mitchell pledged his country's support for regional peace when he met Jordan's King Abdullah II, who urged Washington to take a 'leading' role in the process.
  8. Queen Rania, the wife of Jordan's King Abdullah II, stops in a bar in downtown Milan after attending a business forum focused on Italy and Jordan at Milan's stock exchange, during her visit to Italy, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009.
  9. Queen Rania of Jordan poses for a photograph at the town hall, the Campidiglio, in Rome on October 21, 2009. King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan are on an official visit to Italy.
  10. Queen Rania of Jordan admires the view from a balcony of Rome's town hall, the Campidiglio, in Rome on October 21, 2009. King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan are on an official visit to Italy.
  11. Queen Rania of Jordan admires the view from a balcony of Rome's town hall, the Campidiglio, in Rome on October 21, 2009. King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan are on an official visit to Italy.
  12. Queen Rania of Jordan admires the view from a balcony of Rome's town hall, the Campidiglio, in Rome on October 21, 2009. King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan are on an official visit to Italy.
  13. Jordan's King Abdullah II, right, and Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, second from left, review the honor guard on the occasion of King Abdullah II's official visit to the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Tuesday Oct. 20, 2009.
  14. Jordan's Queen Rania Al-Abdullah, wife of King Abdullah II of Jordan, smiles during an official visit at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.
  15. King Abdullah II of Jordan, right, and Queen Rania receive the repatriated bodies of 5 Jordanian U.N. peacekeepers killed in a Haiti air crash at a ceremony at Queen Alia airport, South of Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Six Uruguayans and five Jordanians, who had been in Haiti for less than three months were killed in an Oct. 9 plane crash.
  16. A Palestinian stone-thrower wears a gas masks during clashes with Israeli border police at the Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, on October 8, 2009. The impasse in the Middle East peace process is sending the region back 'into the darkness,' Jordan's King Abdullah II said in an interview with an Israeli daily.

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