Saudi, Egyptian, Iranian contacts on current developments

The Iranian President Muhammad Khatami on Monday made two telephone calls with the Saudi crown prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz and with the Egyptian President Hosni Mubrak during which they discussed conditions in the Middle East region in light of the destruction targeted the US.

During the two telephone conversation, the Iranian president stressed his condemnation to these acts against the US and called for the need to avoid another catastrophe under the pretext of such incidents.

President Khatami also warned against a hasty reaction in this regard and called on the Arab and Islamic countries to maintain further coordination and cooperation to withstand the sensitive conditions, stressing that fighting terrorism to be a pan and comprehensive process, and at the supervision of the UN.

During the two telephone calls with President Mubarak and with the Saudi crown prince, the Iranian President noted that there are " suspicious " hands behind the scenes trying to create a clashing between Islam and the Western worlds. He expressed his concern over Israel's use of such events while the world is preoccupied in the attacks to escalating its oppressive acts and " aggressions " against the Palestinian people.

The Saudi crown prince expressed his hope that matters will be calmed down in the future. he called on the Ruling Taliban movement in Afghanistan on the need not to victimize all people of Afghanistan for the sake of a criminal ( in remarks to Usama Bin Laden) who is considered by the US, the main suspect in the recent attacks against it.

For his part, the Egyptian President stressed that Egypt and Iran have unanimous stances towards fighting terrorism and expressed backing to statement made by the Iranian President to this end.

President Mubarak also called for the need for convening an international conference, honored by all countries to discuss the issue of terrorism and means of fighting it, stressing continued contacts between the Egyptian and Iranian sides.