His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday emphasised the urgency of implementing the resolutions of the Arab Economic and Social Development Summit, especially those related to rebuilding the Gaza Strip and enhancing economic integration in the Arab world.

King Abdullah made his remarks at a meeting with visiting Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah. The Kuwaiti officials presented the King a letter from Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah on efforts to realise Arab solidarity and current Arab and regional issues. The letter included mechanisms to implement a $2 billion Arab development initiative launched by Sheikh Sabah during the January summit to secure financing to support small- and medium-size enterprises in the Arab world. Kuwait contributed $500 million to the initiative.

At the meeting, King Abdullah and the visiting Kuwaiti officials reviewed regional developments and efforts to bring about peace and stability in the Middle East by ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the basis of the two-state solution and the Arab Peace Initiative.

King Abdullah also voiced pride in Jordan-Kuwait ties and reiterated that Jordan is keen to build on these relations to better serve common interests of the two countries.

Sheikh Mohammad is on a tour of several Arab states to follow up on the resolutions of the Kuwait summit.

The meeting was attended by the Chief of the Royal Court, the King's Advisor, the Foreign Minister, the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Amman and the Jordanian Ambassador to Kuwait.