QATAR'S AMIR MEETS KING FAHD RIYADH, OCT 28 (KUNA) -- THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING FAHD BIN ABDULAZIZ RECEIVED HERE SUNDAY SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL THANI, THE AMIR OF QATAR, AND HIS ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION.
THE SAUDI PRESS AGENCY SAID KING FAHD AND SHEIKH HAMAD CO-CHAIRED THE SAUDI-QATARI TALKS SESSION.
DURING THE TALKS, THE TWO SIDES DISCUSSED PROSPECTS AND WAYS OF BOOSTING COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THEY ALSO REVIEWED THE OVERALL SITUATION AT THE GULF, ARAB, ISLAMIC AND INTERNATIONAL ARENAS.
ON THE SAUDI SIDE, THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER AND COMMANDER OF THE NATIONAL GUARD, PRINCE MISHA'AL BIN ABDULAZIZ, PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, SECOND DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, OTHER PRINCES, MINISTERS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS.
ON THE QATARI SIDE, THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY FOREIGN MINISTER SHEIKH HAMAD BIN JASSEM BIN JABR AL THANI AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS.
SHEIKH HAMAD ARRIVED HERE EARLIER IN THE DAY ON A ONE-DAY VISIT AS PART OF TALKS HE IS HOLDING AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC) WITH A NUMBER OF MUSLIM LEADERS.
HE VISITED IRAN LAST WEEK AND MET PRESIDENT MOHAMMAD KHATAMI.
QATAR, ALSO IN ITS CAPACITY AS OIC CHAIRMAN, REQUESTED SUNDAY AN EMERGENCY SESSION OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS BRUTAL ISRAELI AGGRESSION ON THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
THE GULF STATE ASKED FOR HOLDING THE SESSION TO SEEK INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, CREATE ADEQUATE CONDITIONS FOR RESUMPTION OF THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS ON ITS ORIGINAL BASIS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RESOLUTIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEGITIMACY AS WELL AS THE LAND-FOR-PEACE THEME.
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