Jordan's King Abdullah II has canceled a visit to Romania to protest its prime minister's support for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
The Royal Hashemite Court said Monday that the decision came "in solidarity with Jerusalem." Abdullah was scheduled to visit Romania later in the day.
The leaders of Romania and Honduras announced on Sunday that they would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, following the lead of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă and Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández delivered their announcements at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual conference in Washington, Sunday.
Hernández said the Central American country would open a trade office there but stopped short of announcing plans to relocate the country's embassy from Tel Aviv.
"Today I have announced the first step, which is to open a trade office in Jerusalem, the capital of the state of Israel, and this will be an extension of our embassy in Tel Aviv," Hernández said in a statement issued by his government. He said the office would open immediately.
"I've said that a second step will draw a lot of attacks from the enemies of Israel and the United States, but we will continue along this path," Hernández added.
His foreign ministry said in a statement that Israel would in a reciprocal gesture open an office for cooperation in Tegucigalpa, giving it diplomatic status.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, a government rival who's in charge of the Eastern European nation's foreign policy, blasted his country's prime minister over the move, saying he had not been consulted on the matter. He further accused Dăncilă of "total ignorance" of foreign policy.
The move is considered controversial as it goes against the rest of the European Union. Romania currently holds the bloc's rotating presidency.
In 2017, Guatemala and neighboring Honduras were two of only a handful of countries to join Israel and the United States in voting against a U.N. resolution calling on Washington to drop its recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
Honduras and Guatemala are two of the most violent and impoverished countries in the Americas. Both depend economically to a significant degree on U.S. aid and investment, and the leaders of the two have generated significant controversy
Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital and moved the U.S. Embassy to the city in May. Guatemala followed suit soon after.
