The Jordanian king also discussed the United States' role in the Middle East in his interview with CNBC Anchor and Senior International Correspondent Hadley Gamble, stressing the importance of intensifying peace efforts as a prerequisite for fostering regional cooperation.

The kingdom works actively with NATO and sees itself as a partner of the alliance, having fought “shoulder-to-shoulder” with NATO troops for decades, the monarch told Gamble.

"I would be one of the first people that would endorse a Middle East NATO," King Abdullah said, according to CNBC.

But the vision of such a military alliance must be very clear, and its role should be well defined, he added.

“The mission statement has to be very, very clear. Otherwise, it confuses everybody,” he stressed.

In the interview, from which some clips were released on Friday and which will be broadcast in full in early July, King Abdullah spoke about Jordan’s Economic Modernization Vision for the next decade, and the parallel tracks of political, economic and administrative modernization.