 Date :9/30/01 10:04:37 PM No.: 29 |
IN THIS REGARD, PRINCE NAIF INDICATED THAT, MORE THAN TEN YEARS AGO, THE KINGDOM WORKED WITH THE MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) TO FORGE A STRATEGY TO COMBAT TERRORISM. IT ALSO SIGNED WITH THE ARAB LEAGUE MEMBER STATES AN AGREEMENT FOR FIGHTING TERRORISM IN 1998 WHICH RECEIVED AN ARAB CONSENSUS ON THE DEFINITION OF TERRORISM AND WAYS OF FIGHTING IT, HE SAID.
PRINCE NAIF RECALLED THAT 'AT THE TIME, THE ARAB MINISTERS OF INTERIOR AND MINISTERS OF JUSTICE JOINTLY ISSUED AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD COMMUNITY, AND THE UNITED NATIONS, TO CONCLUDE AN INTERNATIONALAGREEMENT TO COMBAT TERRORISM BUT, REGRETTABLY, NO ONE RESPONDED TO THIS CALL.
IN THIS CONTEXT, PRINCE NAIF SAID THE FIRST ARTICLE IN THE KINGDOM'S AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES HAS BEEN THE FIGHTING OF TERRORISM. HE CITED THE RECENTLY-CONCLUDED AGREEMENT WITH IRAN.
PRINCE NAIF SAID THE SAUDI PEOPLE ARE STAUNCH BELIEVERS IN ALMIGHTY GOD, NOBLE MANNAERS AND THE RESPECT OF HUMAN BEINGS WHOEVER THEY ARE. THE SAUDIS ARE SECURITY CONSCIOUS PEOPLE AND WORK FOR SECURITY TO THE EXTENT THAT EVERY CITIZEN IS CONSIDERED A SECURITY SERVICEMAN AND THAT EVERY SECURITY SERVICEMAN IS A CITIZEN.
'EVERY BODY SHOULD KNOW THAT AMONG THE KINGDOM'S PILLARS, TO WHICH THE LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE ARE COMMITTED, IS ADHERENCE TO ISLAM AS A DOCTRINE AND WAY OF LIFE FOLLOWING THE PATH OF PROPHET MOHAMMED (PEACE BE UPON HIM), HIS CLOSE COMPANIONS AND THE GUIDED CALIPHATES',THE PRINCE SAID.--MORE
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