October 5, 2001
THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES REITERATES THE NECESSITY FOR A SERIOUS RETHINKING BY THE US ADMINISTRATION AND ALL HONEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TO FURTHER BOOST THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS.
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS STRESSES THE KINGDOMS' SUPPORT AND ITS FULL COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS AIMED AT FIGHTING TERRORISM.
THE CABINET CATEGORICALLY REJECTS ATTEMPTS TO LINK TERRORISM WITH ISLAM AND MUSLIMS.
THE CABINET ENDORSES THE NEW LEGAL PROFESSION SYSTEM.
THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES AND PRINCE ABDULLAH RECEIVE THE US SECRETAY OF DEFENCE.
THE SAUDI LEADERSHIP CONFIRMS TO RUMSFELD THE NECESSITY OF DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN TERRORISM AND NATIONAL RESISTANCE.
URGENT MATERIAL ASSISTANCE WORTH $10 MILLION FROM SAUDI ARABIA TO THE AFGHAN PEOPLE.
PRINCE SULTAN HOLDS A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE US DEFENCE SECRETARY:
SAUDI ARABIA HAS NEVER SUPPORTED AND WILL NEVER SUPPORT TERRORISTS AND SABOTEURS AND NO ONE IN THE KINGDOM EXTEND SUPPORT TO THESE MISGUIDED ELEMENTS AND WE WILL NEVER TOLERATE THAT.
THE UNITED STATES DID NOT ASK US TO USE OUR TERRITORIES TO LAUNCH ANY ATTACK AGAINST ANY ARAB OR MUSLIM COUNTRY.
RUMSFELD: ANY PORTRAYING OF THE ONGOING EFFORTS FOR COMBATING TERRORISM AS A WAR AGAINST MUSLIMS DOES NOT SERVE ANYONE BUT TERRORISTS.
WE ARE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE EXPECTED CONSEQUENCES OF THE FORTHCOMING ATTACKS AGAINST AFGHANISTAN AND WE ARE AWARE THAT TERRORISM IS NOT A STATE THAT COULD BE CUT OFF BY A SWIFT WAR.
PRINCE NAIF IBN ABDUL AZIZ IN A PRESS CONFERENCE:
THE SAUDI LEADERSHIP CALLS ON THE US TO PUT AN END TO THE INHUMANE AND UNJUST STAND TOWARDS THE PALESTINIANS AND DEMANDS THAT ALL NATIONS OF THE WORLD CLEARLY COMMIT THEMSELVES TO JUSTICE AND WHAT IS RIGHT.
SECURITY IS A RIGHT AND WEALTH FOR THE SAUDI PEOPLE AND WE ARE ALL REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN IT.
THE KINGDOM IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THOSE WHO WORK IN COUNTER TERRORISM.
THE KINGDOM NEVER ACCEPTS MALTREATMENT OF ITS PEOPLE.
PRINCE SALMAN AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE MEETINGS OF THE 48TH SESSION OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION'S REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN.
SAUDI ARABIA REALIZES THAT HEALTH IS A BASIC PILLAR OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
THE KINGDOM PARTICULARLY CARES ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THE ENVIRONMENT, OF THOSE WHO ARE EXPOSED TO HEALTH HAZARDS, THE DISABLED AND THE AGED.
THE SAUDI ADDRESS AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR CONVENING AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TERRORISM.
THE GENERAL CONDEMNATION OF TERRORISM EXTENDS TO STATE TERRORISM AS PRACTICED BY ISRAEL AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
CONCERN ABOUT LINKING TERRORIST ACTS TO ISLAM AND MUSLIMS BY SOME GOVERNMENT BODIES OR THE MEDIA.
THE FEDERATION OF ISLAMIC PARLIAMENTS ANNOUNCES AT THE CONCLUSION OF ITS MEETINGS:
NOBODY SHOULD ACCUSE ISLAM AND MUSLIMS OF COMMITTING TERRORIST ACTS.
THE ERADICTION OF TERRORISM IS AN INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY WHICH STARTS AND ENDS BY TACKLING ITS REASONS.
SHEIKH IBN JUBAIR: SAUDI ARABIA WILL FIGHT VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION AND ITS ENDEAVOR IS TO LESSEN THE STRESS OF POVERTY, ILLITERACY AND SICKNESS BY SUPPORTING POOR COUNTRIES.
THE IMAM OF THE GRAND MOSQUE IN MAKKAH CALLS UPON WORLD LEADERS TO RESORT TO WISDOM IN RESPONSE TO THE ATTACKS AGAINST AMERICA.
OPEC DECIDES NOT TO CHANGE ITS CURRENT LEVEL OF OIL PRODUCTION AND WARNS THAT IT WILL REDUCE IT IF THE PRICE STAYS UNDER $22.
AL NAIMI: THE ORGANIZATION HAS TO FIND WAYS TO ADAPT TO A CHANGING WORLD AND REDUCE THE DEPENDENCE OF ITS MEMBERS' ECONOMIES ON OIL.
OPEC IS ABLE TO DEFEND THE PRICES AT THE LEVEL OF $25 THE BARREL.
DR. AL GOSAIBI: WHAT HAPPENED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY AND WE STAND BY IT IN THE WAR AGAINST WORLD TERRORISM.
THE KINGDOM IS COOPERATING WITH AMERICA BUT IT EXPRESSES ITS OPINIONS INDEPENDENTLY WHEN THERE ARE DIFFERENCES ON AN ISSUE SUCH AS THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE.
WE DO NOT WANT A CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND THE TALIBAN IS A REGIME THAT NOBODY IS GOING TO LAMENT.
IN BRIEF
