Saudi Arabia opposed to any occupation of Iraq

Saudi Arabia has expressed its great concern and regret over the beginning of the military operations against Iraq and renewed its assertion that it will not in any way take part in the war against Iraq.

The Saudi foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal expressed in a statement quoted by the Saudi news agency yesterday his country's hope that the military operations will be stopped as soon as possible and to return back to peaceful efforts.

He stressed the need not to undermine Iraq's unity, internal safety and regional security or for Iraq to be under any military occupation. He stressed that the armed Saudi forces will not, at any rate, enter even one inch of the Iraqi territories.