Saudi Arabia denies to be excluded from the American allies list to fighting terrorism

Saudi Arabia's deputy minister of defense prince Abdul Rahman Bin Abdul Aziz has denounced what was stated by certain press reports on that the US defense department has dropped the name of Saudi Arabia from the list of states allied with the US in its war against terrorism.

In a statement quoted on Wednesday by the Saudi daily Okaz, the Saudi official expressed regret over such reports which he described as groundless.

The Saudi official also stressed his country's position towards fighting terrorism and in standing against it in all its forms, noting that his country had declared to the whole world its position which rejects terrorism.