Jordan's King Abdullah II conferred Sunday with visiting international Quartet envoy Tony Blair on means of propelling the Middle East peace process.
Abdullah expressed backing for the efforts being exerted by the Quartet with a view to narrowing the gap and boosting confidence between the Palestinians and Israel ahead of a U.S.-proposed international Mideast peace conference, according to a Jordanian palace statement.
"To ensure the success of the peace conference, all parties concerned with the peace process should work seriously in the coming few weeks to ensure that the meeting comes up with positive results that fulfills the aspirations of the Palestinians in establishing an independent state on all Palestinian territories," said Abdullah.
The Jordanian king has embraced U.S. President George W. Bush's call for convening the November peace meeting, and urged that the conference must lay out a working plan with a "specific timetable. "
Blair, recently appointed as the Quartet envoy after he retired from the post of British prime minister, is on a regional tour in the Middle East.
He will report the outcome of his ongoing Mideast visit to the international Quartet, which groups the United Nations, the European Union, the United States and Russia, during its upcoming meeting slated for Sept. 23 in New York.
Source: Xinhua
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