AMMAN, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert began talks on Thursday afternoon with Jordanian King Abdullah II on the Middle East peace process.

    Olmert was received at the airport by Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit and then met with Abdullah at the Royal Palace in the Jordanian capital Amman.

    Abdullah said on Wednesday that Jordan would tell Olmert of its opposition to any unilateral steps by Israel and urge the Jewish state to resume peace talks with the Palestinians.

    The unilateral steps would "raise question marks and a sense of insecurity not only among the Palestinians but among all the partners of peace in the region," he added.

    Olmert, who became Israeli prime minister on May 4, has announced that he will pursue a "realignment" plan, under which Israel will draw final borders with the Palestinians by 2010 by quitting isolated settlements in the West Bank and enlarging bigger ones with or without Palestinian agreement.

    It was Olmert's second trip to an Arab country since taking office.

    Olmert held talks last week with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at Egypt's Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

    After talks with Mubarak, Olmert said that Israel was willing to negotiate with the Palestinians on the internationally-backed road map peace plan which supports a two-state solution, but he insisted that Israel would resort to other ways if peace talks lead nowhere.

    Jordan and Egypt are the only Arab countries to ink a full peace treaty with Israel. Enditem