Foreign Minister, EU official hold joint press conference

Riyadh, October 21 , SPA -- Prince Saud Alfaisal, the Foreign
Minister, held a joint press conference here today with Javier
Solana, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security
Policy, who is currently visiting the kingdom.

Prince Saud began the conference with a statement in which he said:

"We held today lengthy and detailed talks which discussed the
developments in the region of the Middle East and Arab Gulf, the
Afghan crisis and the progress of negotiations on the agreement on
the free trade between the GCC and the EU.

"The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques will receive him (Mr. Solana)
today to discuss the regional and international situations.

"Concerning the issues we discussed today, the peace process took a
large part of the discussion. The peace process stumble is a source
of concern for us despite all ongoing efforts to move it forward.

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