His Majesty King Abdullah II will take part in the upcoming conference of the G-8 industrial countries scheduled on June 9 in Sea Island, Georgia, U.S.



The King's participation stems from his Majesty's keenness to make Jordan and the Arab voice heard at the international scene and to keep Jordan in touch with political and economic decision makers in the world.



The King will take advantage of the gathering of leaders of industrialized nations to stress that solving the Palestinian issue must be an essential part of Middle East reforms, because the Arab-Israeli conflict has blocked progress and development in the region.



King Abdullah will also brief the summit on the Jordanian and Arab stance on political and economic reforms to the Middle East. Time and again, King Abdullah said reform plans should be to the best interest of the Arab people and should meet their aspiration for socio-economic sustainable development.



The G-8 summit's agenda is expected to feature the future of Iraq, the Arab-Israeli peace process, the war against terrorism and calls for political and economic reform in the Middle East.



King Abdullah's acceptance to take part in this significant summit came in conformity with his assertion that Jordan's experiment in reform has already started to yield fruit and could set a model for the region, since this experiment is derived from its Islamic history and culture.



In his key speech at the WEF, which was recently convened at the Dead Sea and during his meeting with the US Administration, King Abdullah highlighted that Jordan welcomes the G- 8 and the international organizations response to homegrown reform initiatives in the region.



The King affirmed that external support to reform plans should come in agreement with all the concerned parties in the region and should be geared to help countries in the region increase their economic productivity and improve quality of life in these countries.



The G-8 groups Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States.