SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER IN THE US WEDNESDAY     KUN0034 4 GEN 0277 KUWAIT /KUNA-UBA0   POL-SAUDI-US-VISIT   SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER IN THE US WEDNESDAY     RIYADH, SEPT 18 (KUNA) -- SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER PRINCE SAUD AL-FAYSAL   WOULD ON WEDNESDAY BEGIN A FEW-DAYS OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE US, IT WAS ANNOUNCED   HERE TODAY.   HEAD OF THE SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER'S OFFICE AMBASSADOR HAMAD AL-FARIS   SAID IN A PRESS STATEMENT PUBLISHED HERE THAT PRINCE SAUD WOULD CONVEY TO   PRESIDENT BUSH , HIS ADMINISTRATION AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THE SINCERE   CONDOLENCES OF KING FAHAD BIN ABDULAZIZ AND THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE ON   THE LOSS OF VICTIMS OF LAST TUESDAY'S ATTACKS.   AL-FARIS SAID THE SAUDI OFFICIAL'S TALKS WITH THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION WOULD   CONCERN INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS IN THE BATTLE AGAINST TERRORISM IN ALL ITS FORMS   AND TYPES.   HE ADDED PRINCE SAUD, WHO IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN INTERIOR MINISTRY   DELEGATION, WOULD ALSO DISCUSS WITH US AUTHORITIES THE ARRESTS AND QUESTIONING   OF SAUDI CITIZENS SUSPECTED OF BEING INVOLVED WITH THE ATTACKS AND SECURITY   COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.   PRINCE SAUD'S TALKS WITH HIS AMERICAN COUNTERPART COLIN POWELL ARE TO   DISCUSS BOOSTING BILATERAL TIES IN ALL ASPECTS AS WELL AS THE AFTERMATH OF THE   WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK ATTACKS AND THE US DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST   TERRORISM.   PRINCE SAUD WOULD ALSO CONVEY TO THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION KING FAHAD'S   PLEA THAT THE US TAKES CAUTION NOT TO MAKE HASTY CONCLUSIONS CONCERNING THOSE   WHO MASTERMINDED THE ATTACKS AND NOT TO READILY ACCUSE ISLAM AND MUSLIMS.   THE SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER IS ACCOMPANIED BY A LARGE DELEGATION THAT   INCLUDES OFFICIALS FROM MINISTRIES OF INTERIOR AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE   SAUDI SHURA COUNCIL AS WELL. (END)   ZZ.WSA   KUNA 181251 Sep 01NNNN