His Majesty King Abdullah II said of the talks He held with the American President George Bush as constructive. In a televised interview, the King said that all views exchanged with the American President concerning the Palestinian and Iraqi issues were constructive.

The King added that the matter requires more coordinated efforts among us to reach what we want on the ground.

The King affirmed that there is no alternative to roadmap, which states that Arabs, Palestinians and Israelis should do what it should be done to achieve peace, noting that there are a lot of difficulties on the ground and we should enable Palestinian Prime Minister Ahamad Qureia' to have a dialogue with his Israeli counterpart with a view of reaching an agreement on the various issues.

Responding to a question on the historic speech delivered by His Majesty before the Parliament, the King said we are proceeding in the reform process and we shall not take the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a pretext to prevent civil liberties and conducting political, economic and social reforms.

The King expressed hope over reaching a common understanding between East and West, and said " We are very optimistic since there has been an interaction between the Islamic and Christian cultures for centuries".

"The extremists want a clash between the two cultures and want people to be suspicious and want to instill hatred," the King said.

The King asked, "will we allow a minority of extremists around the world to fear the people?" adding that future is ours and we would not have fought for peace if we do not have faith in it, so we must always be optimistic.