Prince Saud Alfaisal, the Foreign Minister, described the Arab Quartet Summit which was held in Riyadh as an icebreaker meeting. The remarks came in a statement read by Prince Saud at the beginning of the periodic press briefing he held here today. The statement expressed the kingdom's pleasure with the results of Riyadh's Arab Quartet Summit which aimed at clearing the atmosphere and serving Arab reconciliation. Prince Saud said that the summit discussed current issues on which views were exchanged with all frankness and transparency and in extremely constructive and positive atmosphere. Prince Saud said the meeting reinforced the strong conviction by the leaders of the importance of renouncing causes of division and dispute in joint Arab work, solving the accumulated problems through dialogue and consultation and achieving solidarity in serving our fateful causes. Prince Saud said that during the meeting, the leaders agreed on expanding the circle of and intensifying Arab reconciliation to provide all causes of success for the forthcoming Arab Summit in Doha to enable it to deal with the Arab situation in general and the situations in Palestine, Sudan, Iraq and Lebanon in particular to reach a unified stand and common position to deal with all regional and international parties. Prince Saud said that the summit discussed the regional and international interferences in these crises and there was consensus to give priority to Arab higher interests over all considerations maintain the interests of the Arab homelands and peoples and adhere to the core of our legitimate rights and fateful causes. Prince Saud stated that the rest of the Arab leaders will be informed of the results of the quartet summit which he hoped will be the basis for a new phase that will advance and develop joint Arab work. --More
