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) AD.OHD KUNA 021146 Sep 01NNNN