MADRID 15 YEARS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE STARTED ITS ACTIVITIES HERE TODAY. THE CONFERENCE DISCUSSES LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST FOR THE RECENT 15 YEARS AND TRIES TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO ACHIEVE PEACE IN THE REGION. THE DELEGATION OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA TO THE CONFERENCE WAS HEADED BY PRINCE SAUD BIN NAIF BIN ABDULAZIZ, SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO SPAIN. IN AN INTERPOSITION AT THE CONFERENCE, THE AMBASSADOR SAID THAT THE KINGDOM HAS PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS ON FINDING SOLUTIONS TO THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE, NOTING IN THIS REGARD THE ARAB PEACE PLAN PROPOSED BY THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND ADOPTED BY ARAB COUNTRIES AS A UNIFIED ARAB RESOLUTION AT BEIRUT SUMMIT. HE STRESSED THAT IT IS USEFUL THAT THE CONFERENCE CALLS ON CONFLICTING PARTIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO REVIVE PEACE PROCESS AND TO RESUME NEGOTIATING MARCH ACCORDING TO MADRID PRINCIPLES AND CONFERENCE AND THE PROPOSED INITIATIVES, POINTING OUT THAT THE MATTER MAY ALSO NECESSITATE CALLING ON ALL PARTIES FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT TO TRANSFORM PEACE INITIATIVES AND INTERNATIONAL LEGITIMACY RESOLUTIONS INTO PRACTICAL AND IMMEDIATE STEPS.
