AMMAN, January 24, 2007 (WAFA) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice briefed King Abdullah II of Jordan on her recent regional tour in the Middle East and US administration's exerted efforts to relaunch the peach process.

Jordanian official sources said that Rice's statements came during a phone call with King Abdullah II.

Rice concluded visits to the Palestinian territories, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.

For his part, King Abdullah II affirmed Jordan's keenness to activate the international efforts during the coming period and build on the political momentum which the region have witnessed recently in which guarantees the relaunch of the peace process between the Palestinians and the Israelis in light with the international legitimacy and the two-state solution to establish the Palestinian independent state.

Rice stressed the commitment of the US administration to push the peace process in the Middle East forward and to help the Palestinian and Israeli sides to resume negotiations.

She also reviewed the nature of efforts and actions to be carried out by the US administration in cooperation with the Quartet Committee in the coming weeks to revive the peace process.

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