PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL, THE FOREIGN MINISTER, HAS EXPRESSED THE SATISFACTION OF THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT ON THE OUTCOME OF THE VISIT OF RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN TO THE KINGDOM. HE UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF CEMENTING SAUDI-RUSSIAN RELATIONS IN THE VARIOUS DOMAINS. ON THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE, HE THANKED ALMIGHTY ALLAH FOR THE AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE PALESTINIAN LEADERS TO STOP FIGHTING AND TO FORM A GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY. AT HIS PRESS BRIEFING, PRINCE SAUD HOPED THAT THE AGREEMENT REACHED BY THE PALESTINIAN LEADERS WOULD OBTAIN THE REQUIRED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT. PRINCE SAUD CONDEMNED THE DIGGING OPERATIONS BY ISRAEL IN THE VICINITY OF AL-AQSA MOSQUE. HE ALSO SLAMMED THE BLAST INCIDENTS WHICH TOOK PLACE IN LEBANON YESTERDAY, AND HOPED THAT THE LEBANESE LEADERS WOULD SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS THROUGH DIALOGUE. ON IRAQ, PRINCE SAUD HOPED THAT THE ONGOING EFFORTS TO ENHANCE THE PILLARS OF SECURITY AND STABILITY IN THE COUNTRY WOULD BE CULMINATED IN SUCCESS. --MORE
