His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday said people in the Middle East would not be able to live in security and peace if a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was not reached in the next two years.

“Jordan, in cooperation with Egypt, seeks to help the Palestinians and Israelis put the peace process back on track,” the King said during a meeting with members of the InterAction Council, which opened its 24th annual meeting at the King Hussein Ben Talal Convention Centre today.

In his address at the opening ceremony of the meeting, attended by HRH Prince Feisal, Arab League Secretary General Amr Musa said it was important to help the Palestinian people “face the current crisis,” calling on donors to help them directly.

More than 50 former presidents, prime ministers and high ranking officials attended the gathering, which will focus on the “Islamic World and the West.”

Participants include Helmut Schmidt, former chancellor of Germany and the honorary chairman of the council, former Russian prime minister Yevgeny Primakov and former Swedish prime minister Ingvar Carlsson.

“We hope the results of this meeting will help calm the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and achieve stability in Iraq,” said Carlsson, who is co-chairman of the council.

He said the meeting seeks to come with a set of recommendations that will help reach mutual understanding on different international and regional issues.

Council members jointly develop recommendations and practical solutions for the political, economic and social problems confronting humanity.

The Tokyo-based InterAction Council, established in 1983, is an independent international organization to mobilize the experience, energy and international contacts of a group of statesmen who have held the highest office in their own countries, according to the council website.

The Jordan Times