THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ RECEIVED AT HIS PALACE IN JEDDAH TODAY PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS OF THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL AUTHORITY AND ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION WHO ARRIVED EARLIER TODAY AT AN INVITATION OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES TO PALESTINIAN LEADERS FOR AN URGENT MEETING AT THE KAABA PREMISES TO DISCUSS DIFFERENCES AMONG THEM IMPARTIALLY AND WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM ANY PARTY. AT THE OUTSET OF THE AUDIENCE, KING ABDULLAH WELCOMED PRESIDENT ABBAS AND ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION IN THE KINGDOM, WISHING THEM SUCCESS IN THE FORTHCOMING MEETING WITH OTHER PALESTINIAN COLLEAGUES IN MAKKAH. THE KING CONFIRMED THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES SERVES ONLY THE ENEMIES OF THE ARAB AND ISLAMIC NATION AND THAT IF, IT PERSISTS, THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE WILL BE DEPRIVED FROM THE FRUITS OF THEIR HEROIC STRUGGLE OVER THE YEARS AIMING AT ACHIEVING THEIR NATIONAL RIGHTS. HE HOPED THAT THE MEETING REACHES WHAT APPEASES ALMIGHTY ALLAH, AND ACHIEVES THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND WHOEVER SUPPORTS THEM. ON HIS PART, PRESIDENT ABBAS THANKED THE KING FOR INVITING THE PALESTINIAN LEADERS TO MEET IN MAKKAH TO DISCUSS DIFFERENCES AMONG THEM TO REACH URGENT SOLUTIONS FOR WHAT HAPPENS AT THE PALESTINIAN ARENA. HE LAUDED THE FIRM POSITIONS OF THE KINGDOM TOWARDS THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE AND ITS PERMANENT SUPPORT FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE PALESTINIAN LEGITIMATE RIGHTS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PALESTINIAN INDEPENDENT STATE WITH ALQUDS AS ITS CAPITAL. HE SAID THE INVITATION OF THE KING COMES AS PART OF A SERIES OF CONTINUING INITIATIVES TO FIND FAIR AND PERMANENT SOLUTIONS TO THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE. --MORE
