FAISAL UNDERLINED THE SAUDI POLICY OF NON-INTERFERENCE IN THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF IRAQ. HE SAID ALL ARAB COUNTRIES HAVE UNDERLINED THIS POINT AS CRUCIAL, ONLY THEY WOULD PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ TO ACHIEVE ITS TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND SOCIAL UNITY. MOREOVER, WE AGREED TO NON-INTERFERENCE OF OTHER COUNTRIES IN IRAQ AND REACHING A POLITICAL SOLUTION AMONG THE DIFFERENT SECTARIAN AND ETHNIC GROUPS IN IRAQ, HE SAID. ON PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY ITALY AT THE UNITED NATIONS TO HALT CARRYING OUT DEATH PENALTY INTERNATIONALLY, PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL STATED SAUDI ARABIA'S TOTAL REJECTION OF THIS IDEA AS IT STEMS FROM DIFFERENT TRADITIONAL JUSTIFICATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA. "IT IS NOT A MATTER OF BARGAIN AS WE HAVE FAITH TOWARDS EXECUTING DEATH PENALTY ON THOSE WHO COMMIT PARTICULAR CRIMES", HE SAID, ADDING THAT THERE MIGHT EMERGE DIFFERENT CULTURAL DIFFERENCES WITH ITALY DESPITE OUR AGREEMENT ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES. IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION, PRINCE SAUD REITERATED SAUDI ARABIA'S SUPPORT FOR THE ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL'S INITIATIVE TO BRING ABOUT PEACE AND STABILITY IN LEBANON. WE HELP ALL LEBANESE FACTIONS ALIKE, PROVIDED THAT THEY COMMIT THEMSELVES TO LEBANON'S UNITY AND SOVEREIGNTY AND EXPRESS SERIOUS WISHES TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THROUGH PEACEFUL MEANS AND CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE, HE ADDED. ASKED WHETHER HE SEES ANY SERIOUSNESS ON THE ISRAELI SIDE WHICH CONTINUES TO INVADE THE TERRITORIES AND KILL INNOCENTS IN A DAILY BREAK OF A FRAGILE PEACE TRUCE, THE ITALIAN MINISTER SAID WE ALWAYS CRITICIZE AND CONDEMN ON ONE HAND AND CALL FOR PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE ON THE OTHER. HE EXPRESSED BELIEF THAT THE ISRAELI LEADERSHIP HAS SHOWN SOME KIND OF TENDENCY TO HOLD SERIOUS DIALOGUE WITH THE PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT, HE SAID, CITING THE MOST RECENT MEETING BETWEEN ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER AND PRESIDENT ABU MAZEN. "WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS WINDOW OF HOPE TO BREATHE AND WE HAVE TO EXERT EFFORTS TO WORK FOR EXPANDING IT TO REACH A REAL PEACE PROCESS", HE CONCLUDED.
