‘No King-Obama meeting scheduled’

AMMAN — No meeting was scheduled between His Majesty King Abdullah and US President Barack Obama during the Monarch’s current visit to America, a source told The Jordan Times.

There was an arrangement between the two sides to hold the meeting between the two leaders during an upcoming visit to Washington in the coming month or two as part of “intensive and continuous coordination with Washington on regional issues”.

When the Royal Court announced the King’s working visit to the US, which started Monday, it did not mention any scheduled summit meeting between the King and Obama.

Web-based media outlets have speculated a last-minute change of plans has occurred, leading to a cancellation of the presumed meeting.