PROLIFERATION NUCLEAR WEAPONS AGREEMENTS AND MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST A MASS-DESTRUCTION FREE ZONE. THEY UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING THE DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS AIMING AT PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND WORK TOWARDS REACHING A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR QUESTION. THE TWO SIDES CATEGORICALLY REJECTED ALL KINDS OF TERRORISM AND CALLED FOR UNITY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE PHENOMENON AND CALLED ON THEM TO REMAIN COMMITTED TO ENFORCE THE 13 TREATIES AND PROTOCOLS PERTINENT TO COMBATING TERRORISM. THE JAPANESE SIDE LAUDED THE SAUDI INITIATIVES IN FIGHTING TERRORISM, INCLUDING THE ANTI-TERRORISM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD IN RIYADH IN FEBRUARY 2005. JAPAN TOOK PART IN THE EVENT, THE STATEMENT NOTED. --MORE 23 17 LOCAL TIME 20 17 GMT
