THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES, KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ SAID THE POLICIES OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA HAVE BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY WISDOM AND SUCCESS, NOTABLY ITS FOREIGN POLICIES. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE KUWAIT-BASED AL-SEYASSAH ARABIC NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED TODAY, THE KING UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE UNITY OF THE ARAB NATION SO AS NOT TO ENABLE THE OTHER COUNTRIES INTERFERE IN ITS AFFAIRS. HE NOTED THAT THE GCC SUMMIT, RECENTLY HELD IN RIYADH, WAS CHARACTERIZED BY TRANSPARENCY AND CONFIDENCE. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE SUMMIT WAS ATTENDED PERSONALLY BY ALL GCC LEADERS. KING ABDULLAH SAID THE GULF REGION, WHICH HAS BEEN BESTOWED BY RICH RESOURCES, IS IN NEED OF CLOSE ECONOMIC RELATIONS FOR THE SERVICE OF THE GULF NATIONS. --MORE
