CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE DEPUTY PREMIER, DEFENSE AND AVIATION MINISTER AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, HAS EXPRESSED GRIEF AND SORROW OVER THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ. 'THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES, KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ HAS BEEN URGING THE IRAQIS TO RESORT TO REASON AND WISDOM AND TO WORK FOR ENDING BLOODSHED IN THEIR COUNTRY', CROWN PRINCE SULTAN SAID IN AN INTERVIEW WITH 'ASHARQ-AL-AWSAT' NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED TODAY. 'OUR POLICY TOWARDS IRAQ STEMS FROM OUR ARAB AND ISLAMIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES, AND WE ARE KEEN ON ENDING BLOODSHED AND PRESERVING THE UNITY OF IRAQ', HE SAID. 'PRINCE SULTAN SAID THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA HAS BEEN WARNING AGAINST CALLS FOR THE PARTITION OF IRAQ UNDER ANY JUSTIFICATION', HE SAID NOTING THAT THE KINGDOM THROUGH THE ARAB GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC), THE ARAB LEAGUE, THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC) AND THE UN HAS BEEN WORKING TO BRING ABOUT AN END TO THE IRAQI CRISIS. --MORE
