U.N. to Hold High-Level Interfaith Meeting at Request of Saudi

United Nations, October 11, SPA--The president of the U.N. General
Assembly announced in a statement last night that a high-level
meeting on interfaith dialogue will take place on November 12-13 upon
a request of Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal in the name
of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz
Al Saud and the Arab Group in the Kingdom's address delivered by
Prince Saud at the 63rd session of the U.N. General Assembly late
last September.

The high-level meeting is expected to continue the process started in
Madrid in July when Saudi Arabia initiated a three-day interfaith
dialogue.

“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is eager to encourage dialogue,
understanding and cooperation between religions and cultures, thereby
promoting peace and harmony,” Prince Saud said in his address.

On his part, General Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto said in a
letter announcing the meeting, “I am convinced that all of us, in our
respective religious, cultural, and ethical-philosophical traditions,
find strong grounds for and summons to embrace the logic of love and
solidarity. We must all jointly endeavor to turn this summons to
solidarity into the main propelling force for humanity and for the
U.N.”
--SPA