Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit conferred on Sunday with the new United Nations envoy to the Middle East Quartet, Michael Williams, and urged "real and serious" peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, an official statement said. The negotiations should be held in accordance with a "definite timetable," Bakhit said. "The prime minister underscored the importance of reviving the peace process through real and serious negotiations in accordance with a definite timetable and in such a manner that ensures the regaining of the Palestinian people's legitimate rights," the statement said. Bakhit pointed out that any new peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians should lead to the establishment of an "independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, and resolving the problem of Palestinian refugees." "The opportunity enshrined in the Arab peace initiative should be seized in reaching the purported peace in the region," he said.