REAFFIRMING THEIR COMMITMENT TO ASSIST THE IRAQI PEOPLE TO REALIZE THEIR ASPIRATIONS FOR A BETTER FUTURE, BOTH SIDES DECIDED TO COORDINATE WITH EACH OTHER MORE CLOSELY TO BRING SECURITY, STABILITY AN TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF IRAQ AND TO PROMOTE NATIONAL UNITY AND EQUALITY AMONG ALL CATEGORIES OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE. BOTH SIDES CONFIRMED THAT THE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION, ALONG WITH THE DISBANDMENT OF ALL ARMED MILITANT GROUPS, WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT BEDROCK FOR THE STABILITY OF IRAQ, AND STRESSED THE NEED TO RESPECT THE UNITY, SOVEREIGNTY AND INDEPENDENCE OF IRAQ. THE SAUDI SIDE EXPRESSED ITS APPRECIATION FOR JAPAN'S SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION AND STABILITY OF IRAQ, INCLUDING THE HOLDING OF A "SEMINAR ON NATIONAL RECONCILIATION IN IRAQ" IN MARCH 2007. 12- AS FOR LEBANON, BOTH SIDES STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SOLIDARITY WITH LEBANON AND OF PROVIDING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SUPPORT TO THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT THAT PRESERVES THE NATIONAL UNITY, SECURITY, STABILITY AND SOVEREIGNTY OF LEBANON OVER ITS ENTIRE TERRITORY. BOTH SIDES CALLED UPON ALL THE LEBANESE GROUPS AND FORCES TO THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE, ON THE BASIS OF SIMILARITY AMONG ALL THE LEBANESE PEOPLE AS WELL AS ON THE BASIS OF WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN BUILDING A NATIONAL CONSENSUS TO RESOLVE THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN LEBANON AND TO PRESERVE ITS UNITY, SECURITY AND INDEPENDENCE. 13- BOTH SIDES STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF URGING ALL THE STATES IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO ACCEDE TO THE TREATY ON THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND MAKING THE MIDDLE EAST A REGION FREE FROM ALL WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THEIR DELIVERY MEANS IN CONFORMITY WITH RELIANT INTERNATIONALLY LEGITIMATE RESOLUTIONS. BOTH SIDES PLACED A GREAT EMPHASIS UPON THE IMPORTANCE OF A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR ISSUE, AND URGED IRAN TO COMPLY WITH THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS 1696, 1737 AND 1747 AND TO COOPERATE CONSTRUCTIVELY WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY. --MORE
