By NNN-KUNA
Amman : Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit met here his visiting Palestinian counterpart, Salam Fayyad on the latest Palestinian situation and how to push peace forward.
During the meeting, the Jordanian premier reiterated his country's support for the Palestinians, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and Palestinian establishments, Jordanian presidential sources told KUNA Sunday.
The meeting was also attended by Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Fareiz and Foreign Minister Abdulilah Al-Khatib.
Bakhit also voiced Jordan's support for the Palestinian government's reform and security efforts in the occupied Palestinian territories.
During their talks, both senior officials also discussed efforts exerted by different regional and international parties to give a new life to the peace process, chiefly a recent visit by the Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers to Israel and US President George W. Bush's call for an international Middle East peace conference.
They also touched upon ways and means of reactivating bilateral trade and economic cooperation.
Concerning a possible dialogue between Fatah and Hamas, the Jordanian prime minister said: "What is required is known. There is a situation that has resulted from a forcible and violent takeover of power and establishments in Gaza. Such an eccentric situation should be wiped out ahead of talk about any dialogue."
For his part, the Palestinian minister said he had briefed his Jordanian counterpart on the outcome of recent meetings between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Quartet envoy Tony Blair.
Regarding a meeting on the reactivation of the Arab peace initiative in Cairo on Monday, Fayyad said it would "aim to follow up progress that has been achieved so far".
He thanked Jordan's support for the Palestinian people, and its role in the following up of the Arab peace initiative.
Fayyad stressed the importance of the visit by the Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers to Israel last week, but he called for more efforts to put an end to the occupation and set up a Palestinian state.
The Palestinian premier arrived here earlier Sunday, and will leave for Cairo to attend a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo on Monday.