His Majesty King Abdullah and Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi discussed today over the telephone Israel's “aggression on Lebanon”.

The King renewed Jordan's support for Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora's plan to end the month-old crisis.

The plan calls for a mutual release of prisoners, Israel's withdrawal to the demarcated frontier and allowing displaced civilians to return home, the Jewish state's pullout of the occupied Sheeba Farms and placing the territory under temporary UN control, extending Lebanese government authority throughout all of southern Lebanon, expanding the existing UN force in south Lebanon, reinvigorating the 1949 Armistice Agreement and rebuilding the south.

The King and Prodi also discussed EU efforts to push for an “immediate and comprehensive ceasefire”.

The King on Wednesday was in Finland, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU, for talks on regional developments with President Tarja Halonen.

The Jordan Times