FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER EXPRESSED THANKS TO THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE AGREEMENT REACHED BY THE PALESTINIAN FACTIONS IN MAKKAH UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE KING. THE GERMAN MINISTER'S REMARKS CAME AFTER THE TALKS HE HELD WITH ABDULLAH ALDARDARI, VICE PREMIER OF SYRIA, IN BERLIN TODAY.