His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday participated, in the Aqaba Meetings, held in The Hague to enhance global coordination and efforts in countering terrorism.

The meetings, co-chaired by Jordan and the Netherlands, focused on international efforts in countering terrorism and violent extremism in Europe.

The delegation accompanying King Abdullah included His Royal Highness Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein, the Chief Royal Councillor, His Royal Highness Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, His Majesty’s chief adviser for religious and cultural affairs and personal envoy, Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, and Adviser to His Majesty and Director of the Office of His Majesty Manar Dabbas.

Participants in the this round of Aqaba Meetings included security and political officials from several European countries, as well as representatives and officials from the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the United States, Canada, Australia and other international partners.

His Majesty also held separate meetings, on the sidelines of the Aqaba Meetings, with UK Minister for Europe and the Americas Alan Duncan, Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides, Portuguese Minister for Home Affairs Eduardo Cabrita, and Deputy Secretary General of NATO Rose Gottemoeller.

Discussions covered bilateral cooperation and means to fight terrorism within a holistic approach, as well as a number of regional issues.

The Netherlands is the second country to host the Aqaba Meetings outside Jordan, after it was held in Albania in June.

The Aqaba Meetings are a series of international meetings launched by His Majesty in 2015 to bolster security and military cooperation, coordination and exchange of expertise among regional and international partners to counter terrorism within a holistic approach.

Over the past years, the Aqaba Meetings featured similar region-focused discussions with heads and representatives of a number of states in East and West Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Balkans, as well as senior officials from around the world.