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Pak, Saudis discuss Palestine policy By Arrangement with Dawn On board President's plane, Jan. 22: Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz on Sunday reached an understanding on a new initiative for resolving the Palestinian dispute. The two leaders at a one-to-one meeting that lasted for more than two hours called for joint efforts by the Ummah to back the initiative. "If we don't act now, act immediately and come with a new initiative, the dangers to the Muslim world will be maximum and its fallout to Pakistan will be very dangerous," President Gen. Musharraf told the media team accompanying him on his visit to five Arab countries. "We agreed on the necessity of new and forceful initiatives directed at the resolution of Palestine dispute, in our fight against terrorism and extremism and to bring harmony into the Muslim world," the President said. He said there was a need to mature the ideas by taking other Muslim leaders on board and evolving a consensus on how to take forward this new initiative. He said there was a need to collectivise the efforts for peace and harmony and to reject confrontation and move in a new direction with the hope to achieve this goal. President Gen. Musharraf and King Abdullah held extended talks here on Sunday, covering the entire gambit of Pakistan-Saudi relations and the "explosive situation" in the region. They discussed matters of mutual interest, the situation in the West Asia, with special reference to the Palestine--Israel conflict, the Afghanistan situation and the emerging situation in Iraq. According to sources, the growing threat of a war against Iran and its impact on the region were also discussed. Both sides felt that it was imperative to avoid another flashpoint in the region. There was unanimity of views on these issues. President Musharraf described the Palestinian conflict as the core issue requiring urgent attention of the world and said it was vital that the Muslim world came up with a strategy to address it to bring a lasting peace to the region. Harmony and peace within the Ummah was the need of the hour, the two sides emphasised. It was stressed that addressing disharmony in the Muslim world was of utmost importance in improving the regional situation. According to some reports, the two leaders also discussed other important issues relating to the overall situation in the Islamic world. President Gen. Musharraf also emphasised the need for enhancing economic ties between the two countries. Some analysts here pointed out that both Saudi Arabia and Pakistan were under increasing pressure from Washington. In recent days, Washington has increased its pressure on Islamabad. Similarly, Riyadh is also being asked to support all US initiatives, including the military option against Iran. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
