His Majesty King Abdullah on Saturday called for greater Arab contribution to Iraq.

In an interview with the Iraqi Al Sabah Al Jadid newspaper's editor-in-chief, Ismail Zayer, King Abdullah said: "We have called on more than one occasion on our Arab and Muslim brother to effectively contribute to helping Iraq overcome its current crisis … We hope that the Arab League would continue its role in Iraq and its efforts to unify Iraqis in order to avert any attempts to instigate fitna and division among the one people".

His Majesty also stressed Jordan's historically friendly and close relationships with Iraq, saying "we are constantly working to strengthen these relations and nurture them to the point that they will meet the aspirations of both nations for more cooperation".

Regarding the Iraqi Islamic Reconciliation Conference, scheduled to be held today in Amman but was postponed upon a request by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, King Abdullah said: "Our objective in convening this conference was to reach a religious reconciliation based on solid and common religious ideology that strengthens the unity of the Iraqi people and that contributes towards the achievement of a political solution that ultimately would relieve Iraq of its state of violence, foster its unity and stability and redirect the energy of the Iraqis to build a new Iraq whose people enjoy security and a better life".