Arab League head Amr Moussa has urged President-elect Barack Obama to act swiftly to try to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Moussa welcomed the result of the U.S. election and said it marked a watershed for the United States and for efforts to bring peace to the Middle East.

Moussa says Obama's call for change is needed in the Middle East to ease tensions between Arabs and Israelis and to resolve the nuclear standoff with Iran.

He told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Obama must bring "a policy of honest brokership" to the region. He said outgoing President George W. Bush's policies for the region had failed.

Moussa was in Brussels for talks with EU officials and lawmakers.