Saud al-Faisal visits Cairo today

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal will head for Cairo today for further consultations with Egyptian officials on efforts currently exerted on the Arab level to support the Iraqi people and eliminate their sufferings.

In his Tuesday editorial (editor's note: Saudi papers reflect official position), the chief editor of the Saudi daily Okaz, Hashem Abu Hashem, said that the visit of the Saudi foreign minister to Cairo falls in the course of an active diplomatic initiative at a time when several initiatives have come into being, and the last one is that the Arab initiative to salvage the Iraqi people, enabling the Iraqis to restore their natural position in the Arab nation through regional and international humanitarian initiatives breaking the siege imposed on Iraq and alienating the dangers of further military strikes.

Hashem expected in his editorial the forthcoming phase to witness inter-Gulf, Inter-Arab and Arab-Gulf contacts prior to the meeting of the Arab foreign ministers due to be held in Cairo on January 24 which has the objective of coordinating efforts.