The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expressed welcome of the results of the joint conference of Iraq's neighboring countries, Group-8 and China which was held in the Egyptian city of Sharm Alsheikh on the present and future of Iraq. The Kingdom also reiterated its position calling for the provision of necessary circumstances and guarantees to lead the political process in Iraq towards its projected goals according to the UN Security Council's resolution No. 1546. This came in a statement read by Prince Saud Alfaisal, the Foreign Minister, at the beginning of his periodical press briefing which he held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Riyadh. He said this goal could only be reached through elections which aim at maintaining the independence and sovereignty and regional integrity of Iraq, a matter which will never be reached through force or negligence of any political party, he said. Prince Saud went on to say that comprehensive national reconciliation and expanded popular participation of all political and religious, racial rainbow in Iraq is the guarantee of the success of the current political process in this Arab neighboring country. --More 2134 Local Time 1834 GMT
