San Francisco, 17/4/2004, (Communication & Information Division - Royal Hashemite Court) -
His Majesty King Abdullah II said
that the goal of creating a more secure world and solving the problem
of world terrorism and extremism, cannot be achieved through focusing
on the direct temporary aspect of the problem, which is fighting extremists
only, for it is part of the solution but not a final one.



In a penal discussion after the important speech he delivered at the
Commonwealth Club, His Majesty said that failure to solve the Palestinian-Israeli
conflict does not only affect stability and security in the the Middle
east, but also the stability of the whole world. "No one will
be safe if this issue in not justly solved," the King added.

His Majesty warned that animosity towards the US will increase among
the region's peoples who see Israeli tanks on Palestinian and Israeli
streets.

King Abdullah called on the US to solve the Palestinian and Iraqi
issues.

On the US role to achieve peace in the Middle East, the King said
that we have a process and each party knows what it should do. There is
a mechanism to implement the goal announced by the US President George
Bush two years ago, which is a viable Palestinian state living side by
side with Israel".

The King called for a stronger role from the US and the international
community represented in the International Quartet to achieve items of
the roadmap. " The Arabs have done what is requested from them to implement
the roadmap when they signed the Arab peace declaration and pledged to
establish normal relations with Israel when the Palestinians regain their
legitimate rights".

His Majesty called on Israel to rethink again and know the objective
it seeks to achieve from negotiations with Arabs. " Stability, peace and
security will be impossible to achieve if one party takes everything
and leave the others desperate and frustrated," he added.

During the discussion which was attended by 1500 figures from the
club who are concerned in world political issues, His Majesty said that
solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict will lead to a solution to all
Middle East problems, for instability in the region does not allow its
countries and peoples to follow up on political, economic and social programs
and does not enable them to utilize the region's resources.

His Majesty called on the international community to support Jordan
in its reform plans on the political, economic and social levels.

On parliamentary elections, His Majesty expressed hope that the upcoming
parliamentary elections in Jordan will be held with the existence of
unified and strong parties that are able to establish popular bases and
specific work programs.

The discussion were attended by His Royal Highness Prince Ali bin
Al Hussein, Minister the Hashemite Royal Court, Sameer Rifai, His Majesty's
Advisor Akil Beltaji, the ministers of Telecommunications and information
technology, and planning and international cooperation, Jordan's ambassador
to Washington and the US ambassador to Jordan.