His Majesty King Abdullah II, in a phone call on Saturday, 16 March, with New Zealand Governor General, Patsy Reddy, expressed condolences over the victims of the heinous terrorist crime against worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch on Friday.

His Majesty reiterated his condemnation of the appalling terrorist crime against worshippers who were praying in peace, expressing sympathies to the bereaved families and wishing the injured a speedy recovery.