Islam links Saudi - Iran ties: Saudi official
Saudi Arabia-Iran, Politics, 11/14/2007

Saudi Prosecutor General Sheikh Muhammad Ibn Fahd Abdullah said today that close ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia would be to the benefit of Muslim World.

The Saudi official made the remarks in a meeting with Iran's Ambassador to Riyadh Muhammad Hosseini.

Referring to the current good ties between the two countries, the Saudi official expressed pleasure with the current level of ties between the two countries.

Given the cultural, historical and religious bonds, there is no reason for any rift between the two countries, he said.

"We are happy to see that Iran's governing rules are based on Islamic Sharia," he said.

The Iranian ambassador, for his part, referred to "plots hatched by the enemies of Islam" who try to cause rift among Islamic countries and called the need for exchange of views and cooperation between officials the two states to thwart their plots.

"Fortunately, despite the malevolent elements trying to harm ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia, cooperation is developing," he said.

Given Iran's good experience in enforcing Islamic rules, the two sides could have judiciary cooperation too, he said.

The Iranian ambassador also submitted an invitation from Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi and Iran's Justice Minister Gholam Hossein Elham to the Saudi prosecutor general to attend conference of judiciary chiefs of Islamic states in Tehran. The first three-day assembly of judiciary chiefs of the Islamic countries will be held in Iran on December 14.

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