Saudi Arabia and Jordan discussed on Saturday ways to help revive Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking and avoid the break-up of neighbouring Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, officials said.
Crown Prince Abdullah, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, and King Abdullah of Jordan "talked about the need for Arabs to be pro-active in the peace process as the international community is not doing much," Jordanian Foreign Minister al-Marwan Muasher said.
"We feel we have to take the initiative and talk about ways to reinvigorate it (the peace process)," he told Reuters after the talks in Riyadh.
"The wall is a direct threat not just to the Palestinians but to Jordan also. It diminishes the prospects of a two-state solution," Muasher said. "If that happens either the Palestinians will ask for equal rights (in a bi-national state) or they will be forced into Jordan".
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