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| Kingdom to continue its efforts to reconcile Iraqis |
| 2011-02-18 |
| [Arab News] Soddy Arabia will continue its efforts to reconcile Iraqi groups and narrow their differences, Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said on Tuesday. ... since it worked so well in Lebanon... "We are in contact with the vaporous Arab League to do whatever possible in this respect," he added. In a joint presser with his Italian counterpart Franco Frattini, Prince Saud indicated that such mediation efforts would be conducted after the ongoing Arbil initiative. "Right now the Iraqis are busy with the Arbil initiative and any new reconciliation talks will be after that initiative," he said. Prince Saud underscored the good response to the peace initiative of King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah from the Iraqi leaders. "King Abdullah has left no stone unturned to end the bloodbath in Iraq and unify the Iraqi ranks." The Saudi minister denounced the terrorist attacks in Iraq that have killed hundreds of innocent people and injured many others. He also referred to attacks on religious places in Iraq and said Islam strongly prohibited such attacks. He said his talks with Frattini were positive and covered major regional and international issues, most importantly the Middle East grinding of the peace processor and ongoing efforts to revive Israeli-Paleostinian peace negotiations. "We also discussed the issue of terrorism and underscored international efforts to thwart terrorist plots," Prince Saud said and called for greater cooperation among the international community to combat terror. |
| Posted by:Fred |