AMMAN, Sept 8 (AFP) - Jordan's King Abdullah II had talks here Wednesday with an Iranian presidential envoy on how Iraq's neighbors could help stabilize that embattled country, the state-run Petra news agency said.
The monarch and Mohsen Mahr Alizadeh "discussed the situation in Iraq and ways by which Iraq's neighbors can support its security and stability," the agency said.
Jordan is expected to host a meeting of Iraq's neighbors -- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Syria, Turkey and Iran -- possibly next month.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari discussed the forthcoming meeting in talks here Monday with his Jordanian counterpart Marwan Moasher.
"This is an important meeting for us because it will be a platform to discuss our mutual concerns and the problems facing our relations," Zebari told a news conference.
He also said he had discussed with Moasher the possibility of expanding the meeting to include other countries or regional organisations.
Iraq's neighbours have held several meetings before and since the March 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq. The last was hosted by Egypt in July.
Last month Iran pressed Jordan to advance the date of the meeting, amid fierce fighting between US and Iraqi troops and the Mehdi Army of Iraqi Shiite rebel cleric Moqtada Sadr.
The king also had talks Wednesday with US envoy William Burns on the situation in Iraq and the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, Petra said.
Burns, assistant secretary of state for the Middle East and North Africa, is on a regional tour to bolster Middle East peace efforts, it added, but gave no further details.