Faisal also said that the situation in Afghanistan was discussed in light of London Conference held recently on Afghanistan, including the need to keep up the military efforts with parallel civil efforts aiming at assisting Afghanistan in developing its infrastructure and achieving social and economic development as well as supporting the national reconciliation among Afghanis to get the Afghan people out of the state of misery, frustration and deterioration of security, which is being exploited by terrorist organizations to achieve their ends. "Doubtless, our joint security efforts have contributed to great extent to counter terrorism and such efforts should be continued and intensified so as to eliminate this abhorrent global phenomenon and extract it from its root", Prince Saud Al-Faisal added. He also stressed that the Kingdom, for its part, is proceeding with its firm policy to fight terrorism at all its security, intellectual and financial levels, pointing to the great successes achieved by the Kingdom during which it managed to pre-empt terrorist operations internally, and also prevented terrorist operations from being launched from its territory. He made clear that these achievements were achieved thanks to Allah Almighty and to all the Saudi people' stand against this alien phenomenon to the Saudi society and their culture. On Iraqi issue, Prince Saud Al-Faisal said that it was one of the topics discussed, wishing that the upcoming elections could achieve the aspirations of the Iraqi people in achieving its security and stability as well as promoting its territorial integrity and strengthening its national unity based on the principle of equal rights and duties among all Iraqis, whatever their beliefs, groups and sects and in distancing Iraq from any outside interference in its affairs. -- More
