Jordan's king cutting short Latin America trip

AFP, October, 2008

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) — Jordan's King Abdullah II is cutting short his first tour of Latin America and will leave the region without visiting Costa Rica, Honduras and Cuba as planned, an official told AFP.

The king met Wednesday with Argentine President Cristina Kirchner and agreed to boost cooperation in nuclear energy as well as other scientific and technology areas.

Abdullah and his wife Queen Rania, who arrived late Tuesday in Buenos Aires from Santiago, were due to be the guests of honor at a gala dinner later in the day to mark the first visit by a Jordanian king to the ...