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Jordanian King Abdullah II, left, hugs Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto after decorating him with the Order of the Bejewelled Grand Cordon of Al Nahda or the Supreme Order of the Renaissance, one of Jordan's high honors, during their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Jordan’s king and Indonesia’s leader hold talks on economic ties and Gaza

Jordan’s king and Indonesia’s leader have held talks as the two longtime friends agreed to strengthen military cooperation and economic ties between the two Muslim-majority nations.

Osman Saleh Mohammed, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Eritrea, addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Prime Minister of Grenada Philip Dickon Mitchell addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

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Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

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A Palestinian youth carries a sack of aid that landed in the Mediterranean Sea after being airdropped over central Gaza, at the shore of Zawaida, Gaza Strip Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney listtens to questions during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Palestinians wait to get donated food at a distribution center in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

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A Palestinian family cooks on fire next to their tent, in an area largely destroyed by the Israeli army's air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

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Displaced Palestinians make their way from central Gaza to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

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President Donald Trump greets Jordan's King Abdullah II in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, right, meets with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa during his visit at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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President Donald Trump speaks with Jordan's King Abdullah II in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One en route to Florida at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach speaks at the opening of the executive board meeting of the IOC, at the Olympic House, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

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A Palestinian boy pushes a wheelchair carrying jerrycans and plastic bottles with water at a camp for displaced people in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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Syrian opposition fighters celebrate after the Syrian government collapsed in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore greets King Abdullah II of Jordan at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md., before participating in a roundtable discussion, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore welcomes King Abdullah II of Jordan to the state Capitol

Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks as President Joe Biden listens in the Cross Hall of the White House, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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FILE - Bassem Awadallah, one of two former officials accused of helping Jordanian Prince Hamzah try to overthrow his half-brother King Abdullah II, appears on a mobile phone screen as he attends a verdict hearing at a state security court, in Amman, Jordan, on July 12, 2021. Jordan has rejected a US request to release a former top Jordanian official imprisoned in an alleged plot against the Western-allied monarchy, according to his family and lawyer. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)

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FILE - Jordan's King Abdullah II poses for photos before a reception and lunch at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain, on June 19, 2023. The King of Jordan approved a bill Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, to punish online speech deemed harmful to national unity, according to the Jordanian state news agency, legislation that has drawn accusations from human rights groups of a new crackdown on free expression in a country where censorship and repression are increasingly common.(AP Photo/Paul White, Pool)

King of Jordan approves a bill to criminalize online speech. Human rights groups call it draconian

FILE - King Abdullah II of Jordan, listens during his meeting., Wednesday, May 11, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Jordanian lawmakers passed a law Thursday, July 27, 2023 which dramatically curbs freedom of speech online, human rights groups say, marking yet another crackdown on free expression in a country where censorship and repression is increasingly common. All power in Jordan rests with the king, King Abdullah II, who appoints and dismisses governments. Parliament is compliant because of a single-vote electoral system that discourages the formation of strong political parties. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)

Jordan lawmakers move to criminalize some online speech. Rights groups accuse kingdom of censorship

Jordanian men wearing the traditional Jordanian red and white checkered scarf and T-shirts with pictures that depict Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein, dance and sing during a concert at a sports stadium in Amman, Jordan, Monday, May 29, 2023. The free concert featuring well-known Arab singers, including Egyptian star Tamer Hosny, was part the celebrations leading up to the wedding of Crown Prince Hussein and his fiancee, Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif later this week. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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In this photo released on the official Facebook page of Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Safadi on Tuesday met with Assad in Damascus, vowing to continue delivering earthquake aid and to push efforts to find a political solution to Syria's 12 year-long conflict, Syrian state media reported. (Syrian Presidency Facebook page via AP)

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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, and King Abdullah II of Jordan, during a conference to support Jerusalem at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Rishon LeZion, Israel, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. Netanyahu has made a surprise trip to Jordan to meet with King Abdullah II. Tuesday, Jan 24. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

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FILE - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, stands in front of Abdullah, who would later become king, with members of the Jordanian Army on her arrival for a State Visit, in Amman, Jordan, March 27 1984. Not long after Queen Elizabeth II inherited her throne, large swaths of the world broke free from British control. Yet today after her death, British-installed monarchies still reign over millions across the Middle East. (AP Photo/Saade, File)

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FILE - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at Al Salam Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, June 24, 2019. Bin Salman, who is commonly referred to by his initials MBS, arrived in Cairo, Monday, June 20, 2022, the first leg of a Middle East tour that comes ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to the region the following month. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi received bin Salman at the airport, a courtesy to the de-facto leader who is a steady financial backer of the Egyptian government. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

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FILE - Then Crown Prince Hamzeh of Jordan, left, with his mother Queen Noor, during his wedding ceremony in Amman, Jordan, May 27, 2004. King Abdullah II of Jordan has gone public with a royal rift with his half-brother Prince Hamzeh and formalized the former crown prince's house arrest, calling him “erratic” in an unprecedented harsh-worded public letter published Thursday, May 19, 2022. The king said in a public letter that he had approved measures to detain Prince Hamzah in his palace and restrict his communications and movements, citing his half brother’s “erratic behavior and aspirations.” (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

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Jordan's King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein speaks during a meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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