PRINCE NAIF BIN ABDULAZIZ, SAUDI INTERIOR MINISTER AND HONORARY PRESIDENT OF ARAB INTERIOR MINISTERS COUNCIL, CONFIRMED THE KEENNESS OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA ON THE INTERESTS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, SAYING THAT THE CALL BY THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ TO PALESTINIAN LEADERS TO MEET IN MAKKAH LIES IN THIS DIRECTION. IN A PRESS STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE MEETINGS OF THE ARAB INTERIOR MINISTERS COUNCIL, PRINCE NAIF WISHED THE PALESTINIANS SUCCESS AND AGREEMENT. "I HOPE THEY WILL LIVE UP TO THE KING'S AND ARAB NATION ANTICIPATIONS", PRINCE NAIF WAS QUOTED AS SAYING. ON HAJJ, HE SAID SECURITY INCIDENTS TOTALLY DISAPPEARED FROM HAJJ PREVIOUS SEASONS. HOWEVER, SOME SKIRMISHES TOOK PLACE BUT HAVE SUCCESSFULLY BEEN DEALT WITH LAST HAJJ, HE SAID. HE CALLED ON MUSLIM COUNTRIES TO ILLUMINATE PILGRIMS BEFORE THEY LEAVE FOR THE HOLY PLACES IN SAUDI ARABIA. HE VOWED THAT SAUDI ARABIA IS COMMITTED TO KEEP THE SAFETY, SECURITY AND HEALTH OF ALL PILGRIMS. ON THE OTHER HAND, PRINCE NAIF UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF INTELLECTUAL CONFRONTATION AGAINST TERRORISM AND DEVIANT THOUGHT, NOTING THAT SECURITY CONFRONTATION ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH. HE URGED MEDIA INSTITUTIONS TO SHOW COOPERATION IN THIS FIELD. IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION, HE WISHED THE RECENTLY-ESTABLISHED STRATEGIC STUDIES COLLEGE, AN AFFILIATE OF NAIF ARAB UNIVERSITY FOR SECURITY SCIENCES, EVERY SUCCESS. ON WHETHER HE IS SATISFIED OVER THE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO WIPE OUT TERRORISM, PRINCE NAIF SAID COOPERATION IS THERE, BUT EACH COUNTRY OUGHT TO PLAY ITS PART AND CARRY OUT ITS OBLIGATIONS.
