Date :9/30/01 10:20:40 PM
  No.: 31
 
SPA -31- POLITICAL/ PRINCE NAIF HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE ON TERRORISM 4 RIYADH

PRINCE NAIF ADDED, 'OWING TO THE GRACE OF ALLAH (GOD), OUR APPLICATION OF THE BOOK OF ALLAH AND THE TRADITIONS OF THE PROPHET (PEACE BE UPON HIM), DIRECTIVES FROM OUR LEADERSHIP AND SAUDI PEOPLE'S INSISTENCE, SECURITY IN THIS COUNTRY SHALL ALWAYS BE STRONG AND FIRM, PRINCE NAIF SAID.

HE STATED THAT THESE FIRM PRINCIPLES WILL NOT CHANGE. ACCUSATIONS CIRCULATED BY FOREIGN PRESS ARE BASELESS. THIS IS NOT NEW. IT HAS BEEN KNOWN SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FIRST SAUDI STATE AND IT WILL CONTINUE.

PRINCE NAIF EXPRESSED REGRET FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO SAUDI CITIZENS ABROAD FOLLOWING THE ATTACKS. HE SAID, 'IT REALLY PAINS US TO SEE THE INAPPROPRIATE AND UNJUST TREATMENT OF OUR CITIZENS ABROAD WHETHER IN AMERICA, IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD.'

'WE HOPE THIS WOULD BE ADDRESSED, ALTHOUGH WE DO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION AND THE COMPLETE EXPLANATION THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION HAS PUT FORTH. NEVERTHELESS, THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE ADDRESSED,' HE ADDED.--MORE


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