The interior ministers of neighboring countries of Iraq conference began here today. Iraq's neighboring countries are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Iran. Egypt and the United Nations are also represented at the conference. Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, the Minister of Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is leading the Saudi delegation to the conference. In a speech at the conference, Prince Naif urged all to help Iraq establish security and stability adding that lack of security in Iraq will have negative effect on stability in this sensitive part of the world. He stated that in addition to closing borders and preventing terrorist infiltration, fighting terrorism should also entail a real understanding of the dimensions of this phenomenon, its intellectual and religious bases, its motives and those who stand behind it. There should also be serious cooperation by all countries, organizations and peoples to fight it. Prince Naif asserted that Israel's terrorist acts in the Palestinian territories against a defenseless people represent a source of terrorism incitement. Prince Naif emphasized that "our countries are in the forefront" of countries that exert great efforts to fight terrorism.
