US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday briefed His Majesty King Abdullah on her Mideast tour as well as US efforts to help revive the peace process.

During a phone call, the King told Rice that more international efforts were needed to push for resuming Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations.

Rice's trip to the regions included the Palestinian territories, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, in addition to Jordan.

During the phone call, the King said Jordan was deeply concerned about developments in Lebanon, where, he said, dialogue should be the only way to defuse political impasse.

The Jordan Times