After threats to execute the American hostage in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia vows to protect foreigners, rejects to negotiate with al-Qaida

The Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz stressed that it is the duty of the Saudis to protect foreigners who are exposed to attacks at the hands of what he had described as extremists.

He said that " foreigners are the responsibility of the whole Saudi people." He told a delegation representing scholars and men of letters in Saudi Arabia in Riyadh that Saudi Arabia is a strong country and the Saudis are patient. But he also indicated that patience has limit.

Meantime, one Saudi official in Washington said that the Kingdom will not negotiate with what he called terrorists and that it has been consulting with Washington over the threats made by al-Qaida organization to assassinate one American hostage in Riyadh if the Saudi authorities will not release detainees from al-Qaida.

The diplomatic advisor for the Saudi crown prince Adel al-Jubeir said to the CNN on Tuesday that his country's government is studying the situation and consulting the US over measures that can be taken.