His Majesty King Abdullah II returned home Saturday following a brief visit to Saudi Arabia during which he held talks with King Fahed of Saudi Arabia and Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdel Aziz on the situation in the Palestinian areas, the future of Iraq and bilateral relations.

During the talks King Abdullah and Saudi Crown Prince brought to focus the grave situation in the Palestinian areas in the wake of Israel's escalated measures against the Palestinian people including assassination and incursion into Palestinian towns and villages together with the building of the separation wall in the occupied West Bank.

In light of this escalation and the stalemated peace talks, King Abdullah and Saudi Crown Prince stressed the necessity for intensive Arab efforts to reinvigorate the peace process and drum up support for the Arab peace initiative, launched at Beirut Arab summit two years ago. The two sides affirmed that the separation wall, currently built by Israel undermines any chance for establishing the independent Palestinian state and threatens Jordan's security. They also affirmed that peace and stability in the region are contingent with restoring the legitimate Arab rights, Israel's pullout from the Palestinian land occupied in 1967 and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.

The King and Prince Abdullah agreed to continue consultation and coordination with Egypt and other Arab countries on the situation in Palestine and other Arab cause ahead of the upcoming Arab summit scheduled in Tunis next March.

Jordan's Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, who accompanied King Abdullah on the visit, will go back to Saudi Arabia on mid of this month to complete talks on issues he discussed with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal Bin Abdel Aziz.

The talks, which were attended by the delegation accompanying King Abdullah and senior Saudi officials, touched upon the situation in Iraq where the two sides stressed the necessity to speed up measures to give power to the Iraqi people and enable them to establish a national government that represents all Iraqis.

The two sides also discussed ways to enhance bilateral relations in all fields. King Abdullah expressed deep thanks to Saudi Arabia for supporting Jordan in economic and political spheres.