Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz and Egyptian President Mohammad Hosni Mubarak held here today a meeting attended on the Saudi side by Prince Misha'al bin Abdulaziz, Chairman of Allegiance-Pledge Commission; Prince Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General; Prince Miteb bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs; Prince Saud Alfaisal, the Foreign Minister; Prince Abdul-Ellah bin Abdulaziz, Adviser to the King and Hisham Mohieddin Nazir, Saudi Ambassador to Egypt. On the Egyptian side, the meeting was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Abul Gheit, Minister of Information Anas Fiqqi, Chief of General Intelligence Omar Suleiman, and Chief of the President's Court Dr. Zakaria Azmi, Mahmoud Mohammed Ouf, and Egyptian Ambassador to the Kingdom and President's Secretary for Information and Follow-up Ambassador Suleiman Awad. Following the meeting, the following statement was issued: In Riyadh on 13 January 2009, a Saudi-Egyptian summit was held during the visit of President Mohammad Hosni Mubarak to Riyadh. During the meeting, the consultations between Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz and Egyptian President Mohammad Hosni Mubarak focused on the bloody situation in Gaza and the hostilities carried out by Israel against the Palestinian people. The Saudi and Egyptian sides agreed on: 1- The necessity of reaching an immediate ceasefire and the immediate and full implementation of the noble initiative launched by President Mohammad Hosni Mubark. 2- Participation by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt in the Arab Summit Conference in Kuwait to achieve the Arab interests and deal with the Palestinian cause with the aim of stopping the aggression and achieving peace for the Palestinian people.
