The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon ended Tuesday talks with Jordanian King Abdullah II and Foreign Minister Nasser Jaddeh over the Palestinian-Israeli dialogue and the Middle East peace process.

The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon ended Tuesday talks with Jordanian King Abdullah II and Foreign Minister Nasser Jaddeh over the Palestinian-Israeli dialogue and the Middle East peace process.

He will be heading Wednesday to the occupied territories to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and then to the West Bank city of Ramallah to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

After his Jordan meetings, Ban praised the country for hosting five sets of preliminary talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators this month.

"This momentum created after two years should be sustained," Ban said in a press conference, adding that “both sides should return to the dialogue table with a sense of strong political will and courage.”

Moreover, Ban called upon Israel to show some “goodwill gestures” so that these meetings can continue.