阿卜杜拉二世本·侯赛因是约旦国王,自1999年2月7日起在位。阿卜杜拉是自1921年以来约旦王室哈希姆王朝的一员,是穆罕默德的第41代直系后裔。
Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope. The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.
在过去几年中,对抗之路已显示出后果:无辜者丧生,破坏和恐惧。 然而,最昂贵的是失去希望。 在接下来的几周里,您可以向各国人民赠送的最宝贵的礼物是新的希望,这是从实地取得的切实进展中产生的。
The more I support with my economic plans the building of a middle class, the quicker they're going to turn around and say, 'Hey, we want a bigger say in things.' So, I knew what I was getting into right at the beginning. It's the right thing to do.
我对经济计划的支持越多,建立中产阶级的机会就越快,他们会说:“嘿,我们希望在事情上有更大的发言权。 '因此,我知道我一开始要做的事情。 这是正确的事情。
And as an American colleague said to me several months ago, he said, 'I think the challenge in Jordan - and, again, this is for the rest of the Middle East - we need to define what center is. And once we can define what center is to a Jordanian, then we can decide what's left and what's right of that.
正如一个美国同事几个月前对我说的那样,他说:“我认为约旦面临的挑战-同样,这是中东其他地区的挑战-我们需要确定中心是什么。 一旦我们确定了约旦人的中心是什么,那么我们就可以确定剩下的是什么,右边是什么。