AMMAN (Agencies) - Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Khatib on Tuesday said Jordan is keen on the success of Iraq’s national reconciliation process, which would end the spiralling violence there.

At a meeting with Iraqi National Security Adviser Muwaffaq Rubaie, Khatib reiterated the call for engaging all components of the Iraqi population in the ongoing peace process, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Rubaie is in Amman for talks with senior officials on ways of fighting terrorism and securing the border between the two countries.

The Iraqi official and Khatib were later joined for lunch by Interior Minister Eid Fayez, with security talks due to resume today, Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan Saad Jassem Hayani told Agence France-Presse.

"They exchanged views and information, particularly concerning the security situation between Jordan and Iraq and ways of fighting terrorism," Hayani said.

"The exchange of information is aimed at protecting the borders [between the two countries], as well as the region," he added.

Petra quoted Rubaie as saying that he held "serious, frank and fruitful talks" with Khatib.

"We have no other choice but to stand with Jordan in the same trench in order to fight terrorism, the enemies of the Arab nation and sectarian strife," Rubaie said.

Iraq's neighbours agreed last week at a Damascus meeting to help Baghdad build up its army, control the borders, fight organised crime and exchange information.

Hayani said the Amman talks also focused on the situation of tens of thousands of Iraqi nationals who sought safe haven in Jordan from the violence tearing apart their country.

Rubaie said his government is aware of the pressure on the infrastructure, basic services and government-subsidised products in Jordan as a result of the enlarging Iraqi population in the Kingdom, estimated at around 750,000. He said Iraq would cooperate with Jordan in this regard.

The ambassador said: "They also discussed... the establishment of a mechanism for the arrival and departure of Iraqis. Several suggestions were discussed concerning entry permits for Iraqi nationals."

Jordan, which has been the target of attacks carried out by Iraqi bombers, has tightened control of its land and air borders with its neighbour.

According to the United Nations, about four million of Iraq's 26 million people have fled the violence, including those who left before the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled president Saddam Hussein.

An estimated 1.4 million went to Syria and 750,000 to Jordan.