Britain’s Prince Charles pays royal go to to Jordan
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Britain’s Prince Charles and his spouse, Camilla, kicked off a three-day go to to Jordan on Tuesday geared toward cementing a century of relations between the allied international locations. It’s a part of the primary royal tour for the reason that begin of the coronavirus pandemic.
Charles and Camilla have been greeted on the tarmac by a Jordanian shade guard. They met with Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Queen Rania on the royal palace within the capital, Amman, earlier than touring in an electrical automobile to the Christian holy website of Maghtas.
In keeping with Christian custom, Maghtas marks the spot the place John the Baptist baptized Jesus within the Jordan River.
The royal couple are to go to a sequence of non secular and historic websites earlier than heading to Egypt on Thursday.
The British Embassy stated final month that the go to was geared toward shoring up a century of “sturdy bilateral relations.” It’s placing an emphasis on combating local weather change within the wake of the Glasgow convention, in addition to interfaith tolerance.
Jordan was established as an emirate and British protectorate in 1921 earlier than gaining full independence in 1946. The international locations have shut diplomatic and safety relations.