New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- King Abdullah II of Jordan has warned that the Middle East is doomed unless there is a peace process leading to a Palestinian state.

Abdullah made these remarks in an exclusive interview for BBC Panorama, ahead of attending the Gaza peace summit in Egypt's Sharm El-Sheikh on Monday.

"If we do not solve this problem. If we do not find a future for Israelis and Palestinians and a relationship between the Arab and Muslim worlds and Israel, we are doomed," King Abdullah told the BBC

The summit, attended by about 27 global leaders, was held on a day Hamas released the last living Israeli hostages held in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and detainees held by Israel.

The King of Jordon, in the BBC interview, ...