His Majesty King Abdullah, in a phone call on Wednesday, congratulated Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Saudi Arabia’s successful efforts to broker the Riyadh Agreement between the Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council as a key step towards a comprehensive political solution to safeguard Yemen’s unity and stability.

The phone call covered the deep-rooted ties between Jordan and Saudi Arabia, as well as current regional developments.

The importance of maintaining coordination on issues of mutual concern, in line with common interests and in service of Arab and Islamic causes, was also stressed.