Prince Turki Alfaisal, the Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland, said that terrorism has become the greatest threat to international peace and stability. He added that terrorism has divided societies and all but ended the culture of international understanding. He stated that terrorism has tried to turn friends into enemies and "above all has made us distrust each other and even those with whom we have deep-rooted relationships across the world." Prince Turki said that to protect those relationships, terrorism has made us constantly review what makes us friends, trade partners and international allies. In a lecture he delivered last night at the University of Durham, Prince Turki said British media currently draw a bleak, unbalanced picture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Prince Turki said the kingdom has a stable government, prosperous economy and a peaceful, non-extremist people who don't call for violence or terrorism in any way as some media outlets try to promote. --more 2222 Local Time 1922 GMT
