Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas met with Malaysia's prime minister Saturday as he began a tour of key Muslim powers in Asia to drum up support ahead of a US-sponsored meeting with Israel.

Abbas said the talks with Abdullah Ahmad Badawi focused on establishing a co-ordinated approach to the meeting in order to find a "good, peaceful solution".

"We seek the coordination and help from others in order to get the best results in the conference," he told reporters. "From now until the conference, this is what we will do."

"The conference is to be held ... in November - this is what we heard but there is no confirmation," he added.

Full support

Abbas invited Malaysia - current chair of the largest grouping of Muslim nations -- to attend the conference, which has revived hopes of advancing the Middle East peace process after almost seven years of deadlock.

"We are indeed happy to be invited for the conference and we will go there with full support," Abdullah said.

The international meeting - called by US President George W. Bush - is expected to take place in Annapolis, Maryland.