Jordan expects "direct" US involvement in Palestinian-Israeli peace process
10/11/2008 17:39
Jordan's King Abdullah yesterday voiced hopes that a new US government
could "directly" involve in the peace process between Palestinians and Israelis,
local daily The Jordan Times reported today.
"I look forward to working with
US president-elect Barack Obama to end the conflict in the region and reach
comprehensive peace based on a two-state solution," the king told chief editors
of Jordanian daily newspapers at a meeting at Bab Al Urdun Palace.
Jordan,
the majesty affirmed, will always exert its utmost to end the suffering of the
Palestinians and help achieve peace on the basis of the two-state
solution.
The king's remarks came as an international meeting of Quartet was
held in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on developments of the
Mideast peace process, particularly peace negotiations between the Palestinians
and Israel.
The Middle East Quartet, which groups the United States, the
European Union, the United Nations and Russia, reiterated its commitment to
supporting the Palestinian-Israeli talks, calling on the two sides to continue
the talks.
At the US-hosted Annapolis conference on Mideast peace last
November, Palestinian and Israeli leaders pledged to try to reach a peace
agreement by the end of 2008.
With time running out, it is highly unlikely to
reach the Annapolis target. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said earlier in
the month that he saw no comprehensive peace pact with Israel by year
end.
Xinhua
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