Saudi Arabia asserts Middle East peace principles

King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia on Monday presided over a Cabinet meeting during which various Arab and Islamic issues were reviewed, foremost Israel's policy toward Jerusalem, Palestine and the occupied Arab territories including the Golan and south Lebanon.

Following the meeting, Saudi information minister Fuad Abdul Salam al-Farisi said the Saudi King noted the content of the Saudi-American joint statement on the visit of US Vice-President Al Gore to Saudi Arabia and the assertion made in this statement on the need to resume negotiations on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks, as well as the two countries' full cooperation to achieve just and comprehensive peace in the region based on UN resolutions 242 and 338 and the land for peace principle.