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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Jordan’s King Abdullah II met at the military bloc’s headquarters in Brussels on May 5.
Stoltenberg congratulated Abdullah on the hundredth anniversary of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. There’s a greater affinity than might immediately meet the eye, as seven of NATO’s twelve founding members were and remain constitutional monarchies as well: Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway.
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The NATO chief also praised the Middle Eastern monarchy as “a very close and important partner of NATO.” He further provided a short list of Jordan’s contributions to NATO’s wars and post-war occupations around the world: “Our forces have served together side by side in the Balkans, in Afghanistan, over Libya, and Jordanian troops also participate in the NATO Response Force.” Jordanian troops served under NATO in Bosnia after the bloc bombed Serbian belligerents there (on
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