His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday called for a consensus on national priorities in order to build a better future for Jordan.

In remarks at the inauguration of the “We are All Jordan Forum,” the King said: “I have placed great hopes in this forum, and I hope that by the end of the forum tomorrow we will have reached a consensus on national principles and one national vision.”

Full Text of His Majesty's remarks

The forum started today with meetings to discuss six major topics: The Palestine issue, political reform, external challenges, enhancing the internal front, economic reform and social security.

Participants included Cabinet ministers, senators, deputies, private sector, media and civil society representatives, political party leaders and youth representatives.

The Jordan Times