August 4, 2006

IN EXCHANGED CABLES ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE KING'S ASCENSION TO THE THRONE: THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES TO THE CROWN PRINCE: WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN TO DO OUR BEST TO SERVE OUR RELIGION AND TO ESTABLISH SECURITY AND STABILITY AND THE WELFARE OF OUR PEOPLE AND WORKING ON THE BRINGING ABOUT PEACE IN THE REGION. IN HIS CABLE CROWN PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ EXPRESSES HIS SUPPORT FOR THE KING ABDULLAH'S EFFORTS TO CURB EXTREMISM AND DEVIANT IDEOLOGY IN THE COUNTRY. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz has sent a cable to Crown Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Aviation and Inspector General, thanking the Crown Prince for his July 22 cable that congratulated the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques on his first year anniversary. In the cable, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz expressed thanks to the Crown Prince for his brotherly sentiment and prayed to almighty Allah to help him and others in the government in discharging their duties and obligations the way the founder of the Kingdom the late King Abdul Aziz envisioned. "We have undertaken to do our best to serve our religion and to establish security and stability and the welfare of our people and working on the bringing about peace in the region despite the challenges that face us," the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques said in his letter. "It is also our duty to uproot the terror and wickedness and stand up against all the followers of deviant thoughts attempting to the play with the security and stability of the country." In the July 22 cable Crown Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Aviation and Inspector General, expressed his support for the King Abdullah's efforts to curb extremism and deviant ideology in the country. "You have taken upon yourself the historical responsibility of fulfilling the hopes and desires of the people and following the path taken by the late King Abdul Aziz," Crown Prince Sultan said in his statement. July 22 is the date of the king's anniversary in the Islamic calendar. The Gregorian date for the king's anniversary is August 1st, Saudi Press Agency reported.