Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has spoken with Jordan’s King Abdullah II, stressing the need to adopt a united position that would help achieve regional peace, AFP reports.

According to Sisi’s office, the phone call addressed “developments in the region”, including the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the need for “the rapid reconstruction” of the territory.

The two leaders “stressed the need to commit to the united Arab position calling for reaching permanent peace in the Middle East”, the Egyptian presidency’s statement added.