Date : 02/09/2001
ARAFAT VISITS SAUDI ARABIA TODAY
JEDDAH, SEPT 2 (KUNA) -- CHAIRMAN OF THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL AUTHORITY
(PNA) YASSER ARAFAT WILL ARRIVE HERE LATER ON SUNDAY IN AN OFFICIAL ONE-DAY
VISIT DURING WHICH HE WILL BE CONFERRING WITH THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY
MOSQUES KING FAHAD BIN ABDELAZIZ.
PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR TO SAUDI ARABIA MUSTAFA HASHEM DEEB TOLD KUWAIT NEWS
AGENCY (KUNA) THAT ARAFAT WILL BE ALSO MEETING THE SAUDI CROWN PRINCE AND
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND HEAD OF THE SAUDI NATIONAL GUARDS PRINCE ABDALLAH
BIN ABDULAZIZ.
AMBASSADOR DEEB SAID ARAFAT WILL BE DISCUSSING WITH THE SAUDI LEADERS THE
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PALESTINIAN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AMIDST RECENT
ISRAELI ESCALATION AND THEIR ATTACKS AGAINST PALESTINIAN POLITICAL LEADERS.
THE VISIT COMES IN A BID TO CONTINUE CONSTANT COORDINATION BETWEEN THE TWO
LEADERSHIPS TO SERVE THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE AND PEOPLE AND SUPPORT THEIR
RESISTANCE TO CONFRONT ISRAELI SUPPRESSION.
HE POINTED OUT THE SAUDI CONTINUOUS AID TO PALESTINIANS AND SAID LAST
FRIDAY THE KINGDOM TRANSFERRED 45 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS TO SUPPORT PALESTINIANS
THROUGH" "AL-AQSA" "INTIFADAH" FUNDS WHICH ARE SUPERVISED BY THE ISLAMIC
DEVELOPMENT BANK.
ARAFAT'S LAST VISIT WAS IN JULY 22ND DURING WHICH HE CONDUCTED BROAD TALKS
WITH SAUDI OFFICIALS OVER ISRAELI MILITARY ESCALATION AGAINST PALESTINIANS.
HE ALSO VISITED JEDDAH AT THE END OF JULY TO PRESENT HIS CONDOLENCES ON THE
DEATH OF PRINCE FAHAD BIN SALMAN BIN ABDELAZIZ. (END)
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