HIGHLIGHTING THE DEEP-ROOTED SAUDI-AMERICAN RELATIONS, PRINCE TURKI AL-FAISAL, THE SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, POINTED OUT TO THE CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND THE US DURING THE ERA OF THE COLD WAR AND THE KUWAIT'S LIBERATION WAR. PRINCE TURKI, WHO WAS SPEAKING AT UTAH UNIVERSITY HERE LAST NIGHT, SAID "THE EXISTING COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES WILL CONTINUE FOR CONFRONTING THE MENACE OF TERRORISM AS WELL AS FOR ENSURING ENERGY SECURITY AND SOLVING THE PENDING PROBLEMS WHICH UNDERMINE STABILITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST." PRINCE TURKI NOTED THE EFFORTS OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA TO EASE THE SUFFERINGS OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE THROUGH PROVIDING THEM WITH RELIEF ASSISTANCE. HE EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE ON THE CAPABILITY OF THE KINGDOM AND THE US ON PLAYING A CRUCIAL ROLE TOWARDS THE ONGOING EFFORTS FOR BRINGING ABOUT PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 'THE PROBLEMS OF THE REGION ARE IN NEED OF A LOT OF PATIENCE AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING TO THEIR CAUSES AND DIMENSIONS,' HE SAID. UTAH-BASED NEWSPAPERS HIGHLIGHTED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LECTURE DELIVERED BY PRINCE TURKI AL-FAISAL. 'DESERT MORNING' NEWSPAPER SAID MORE THAN 1000 PERSONS HAD ATTENDED THE LECTURE, AND ADDED THAT THE GREAT ATTENTION GIVEN BY THE AMERICANS TO THE LECTURE STANDS AS AN EVIDENCE FOR THE TOP ATTENTION GIVEN BY THE AMERICANS TO THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND PARTICULARLY TO THE ROLE OF THE US IN IRAQ. MEANWHILE, PRINCE TURKI ATTENDED IN SALT LAKE CITY THE LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN HIS HONOR.
