Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi and Jordanian King Abdullah II discussed by phone on Thursday regional issues, mainly the latest Palestinian developments.

During the phone conversation, they stressed the necessity of increasing efforts to find a political solution to the current crisis so as to restore regional security and stability, Egyptian Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said in a statement.

They also discussed ways to strengthen and reinforce Egyptian-Jordanian "distinctive" relations, and agreed to push forward bilateral cooperation in all fields in the upcoming period, the spokesman added.