Foreign ministers in Jordan, Egypt and Palestine gathered in Cairo on Saturday for the second round of tripartite consultations, emphasising the need to re-launch Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, Petra News has reported.

Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs, Ayman al-Safadi and his Egyptian and Palestinian counterparts, Samih Shukri and Riyad Maliki, said in a joint statement that any peace agreement should be based on international legitimacy, UN resolutions and the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative.

The second round of meetings was held as part of the continued consultation and coordination between Jordan, Egypt and Palestine on the latest developments in the peace process, aiming to reach a comprehensive and lasting agreement based on a two-state solution.

After reviewing the latest developments in the occupied Palestinian territories , the ministers warned that the failure to resolve the Palestinian issue remains the primary reason for instability in the region.

They demanded Israel to respect the historical and legal status quo in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and stop all unilateral measures aimed at changing the Arab, Islamic and Christian identity of East Jerusalem.

In this regard, the ministers also stressed the importance of a continued Arab coordination to protect Holy Places in East Jerusalem, with Jordan acting as the custodian of Jerusalem’s Islamic and Christian holy sites.

The meeting comes one month after violence broke out in occupied East Jerusalem between Palestinians and Israeli forces.

The three FMs met to coordinate the three nations' positions on the peace process ahead of the 72nd Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York next month.