THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ RECEIVED AT HIS OFFICE AT THE ROYAL COURT AT ALYAMAMAH PALACE IN RIYADH TODAY PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS OF THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL AUTHORITY. DURING THE AUDIENCE, SITUATIONS IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES AND SUFFERINGS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE RESULTING FROM THE REPEATED ISRAELI ATTACKS ON THEM WERE DISCUSSED. ON HIS PART, THE MONARCH UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE UNITY OF PALESTINIAN RANKS AND REJECTION OF DIFFERENCE AMONG PALESTINIAN BROTHERS. ALSO, HE URGED FOR RESUMPTION OF THE EFFORTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL QUARTET TO CONTINUE ITS ENDEAVORS TO ACHIEVE PEACE AND ENABLE THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO SET UP THEIR INDEPENDENT STATE ON THEIR NATIONAL LAND WITH ALQUDS AS CAPITAL ACCORDING TO THE ARAB PEACE INITIATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL LEGITIMACY RESOLUTIONS. THE AUDIENCE WAS ATTENDED BY PRINCE MIQREN BIN ABDULAZIZ, CHIEF OF GENERAL INTELLIGENCE; PRINCE ABDULAZIZ BIN ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ, ADVISOR TO THE KING; PRINCE ABDULAZIZ BIN FAHD BIN ABDULAZIZ, MINISTER OF STATE, MEMBER OF THE CABINET AND CHIEF OF THE COURT OF THE CABINET'S PRESIDENCY, AND OTHER MINISTERS. ON THE PALESTINIAN SIDE, THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY ABBAS'S OFFICIAL ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION AND PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE KINGDOM JAMAL ABDULAZIZ ALSHOBKI.
