British prime minister David Cameron praised Abdullah for his "commitment to peace and for strengthening understanding between faiths", as US secretary of state John Kerry called him a "man of wisdom and vision".
Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Ki-moon Abdullah's work "to praised diAbdullahmong the world's faiths".
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin praised Abdullah's "grounded, considered and responsible leadership", while Iran said its foreign minister would travel to Riyadh for an "official ceremony" on Saturday.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin praised Abdullah's "grounded, considered and responsible leadership", while Iran offered Saudi Arabia its condolences and said its foreign minister would travel to Riyadh for an "official ceremony" on Saturday.
But she avoided criticism of Saudi Arabia, instead praising King Abdullah for his support of coeducational and women's-only institutions, like the one that played host to her visit, Dar al-Hekman College.
One Saudi daily, Al Watan, praised King Abdullah for being reformist while blaming his government for stifling reform.
Israeli officials have praised King Abdullah's efforts to open Jordan's economy to foreign goods and capital.
In his confirmation hearing last Wednesday, Obama's nominee for US ambassador to Riyadh, General James Smith, praised King Abdullah as a reformer.
Mr Abdullah praises the army for doing a "very commendable job under tough circumstances", and says that if the "people want to blame my government, so be it".
Kerry then went on to state the necessity of taking on corruption "at the highest levels" of the Afghan government immediately after he praised Karzai and Abdullah, the two greatest beneficiaries of election fraud in the initial August presidential elections, for their support for the runoff process.
