Jordan supports convening Mubarak-Abbas-Olmert summit in Sharm el Sheikh

The Jordanian government official spokesman has expressed his country's support for convening a tripartite summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, between President Hosni Mubarak, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

The spokesman said that Jordan supports every effort exerted with the aim of bringing the parties back to direct negotiations in line with the roadmap plan.

Nasser Gouda, the Jordanian government spokesman said that many Arab countries were currently seeking to contain the crisis of the arms smuggled by Hamas movement into Jordan.

He said that the crisis between Jordan and the Palestinian government has turned into a security problem which needs to be settled by the two sides, stressing the importance of finding a solution to the security problem and sending a Palestinian delegation to Amman for getting acquainted with the last developments of the issue.

Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat lauded on Monday Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's efforts in support of the resumption of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations.

Al Arabiya news channel quoted Erekat as having said that the Egyptian President was exerting personal efforts with the Israeli, American and European sides in a bid to push ahead the stalled peace process between the two sides.

Talking about the planned meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert he hoped that the meeting would yield positive results that could help settle the conflict.