Saudi Arabia calls for an international conference to fighting terrorism

The Saudi deputy foreign minister Nizar Madani announced that his country calls for the convening of an international conference in Riyadh over fighting what he called terrorism.

In a speech he delivered before the UN General Assembly in New York, Madani said that the conference will be held on February 5th at the level of experts and will deal with the exchanging of information and technical means to fight terrorism in the world.

A source at the Saudi foreign ministry said that the conference falls in the course of the efforts made by the Kingdom to maintain cooperation with the international community to fight terrorism and sources of its support and financing.

Saudi Arabia which has witnessed a series of attacks carried out by persons expected to be sympathizers with al-Qaida organization -- is launching a strong campaign against the executors of the attacks which so far claimed the lives of 90 persons and resulted in injuring hundreds since May 2003.