Date :9/20/01 1:22:51 PM
  No.: 12
 
SPA-12-POLITICS/PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL HAILS U.S. RESPECT FOR ARABS AND MUSLIMS IN AMERICA

WASHINGTON, SEPT 20, SPA -- PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL, THE SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER HAS HAILED THE STAND OF THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE RESPECT AND HONOR FOR THE ARABS AND MUSLIMS IN AMERICA.

IN A STATEMENT TO THE SAUDI PRESS AGENCY (SPA) AND SAUDI TELEVISION HERE LAST NIGHT, PRINCE SAUD DESCRIBED THE AMERICAN STANCETOWARDS THE ARABS AND MUSLIMS AS, 'A NOBLE ONE, PARTICULARLY DURING THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH HAD BEEN NECESSARY TO BE VOICED FROM THE TOP LEADERS IN THE COUNTRY, AND THIS IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED.'

DURING HIS MEETING WITH THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, COLIN POWELL, PRINCE SAUD NOTED THAT HE HAD STRESSED THE READINESS TO PROMOTE COOPERATION TO ELIMINATE THIS MENACE (TERRORISM) FROM THE WORLD.

'MOREOVER, THE CURRENT HAPPENINGS IN NEW YORK SHOW THAT THEIRTARGETS ARE NOT ONLY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BUT ALSO ISLAM AND ARABISM,' PRINCE SAUD SAID. --MORE


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