A STATEMENT BY THE ROYAL COURT
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JEDDAH, JULY 25, SPA(Saudi Press Agency) -- FOLLOWING IS THE STATEMENT
ISSUED TODAY BY THE ROYAL COURT:

" THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA HAS UNDERSTAKEN THE ROLE REQUIRED OF IT BY ITS
RELIGIOUS AND NATIONAL DUTY WITH REGARD TO THE SITUATION IN THE REGION AND
REPERCUSSIONS OF EVENTS IN LEBANON AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES.
IN THIS REGARD, IT HAS CAUTIONED, WARNED AND EXTENDED ADVICE. FURTHERMORE,
IT HAS STRIVEN FROM THE FIRST MOMENT TO STOP THE AGRRESSION, MOVING ON MORE
THAN ONE FRONT AND BY MORE THAN ONE MEANS, TO PERSUADE THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY TO FORCE ISRAEL TO AGREE TO A CEASEFIRE.

MEANWHILE, THE KINGDOM HAS DISPATCHED HRH THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND HRH THE
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL TO MEET H.E. THE U.S.
PRESIDENT IN WASHINGTON AND INFORM HIM OF ITS VIEWS ON THE GRAVE AND
UNPREDICTABLE CONSEQUENCES OF THE UNREMITTING ISRAELI AGGRESSION IF MATTERS
WENT BEYOND CONTROL. THE KINGDOM HAS ALSO ASKED PERSONAL ENVOYS TO VISIT THE
CAPITALS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S PERMANENT MEMBER STATES TO CONVEY THE
SAME MESSAGE.

THE ARABS HAVE PROCLAIMED PEACE AS A STRATEGIC OPTION FOR THE ARAB NATION.
THEY PRESENTED A JUST AND DISTINCT PLAN FOR REGAINING THE OCCUPIED ARAB
TERRITORIES IN EXCHANGE FOR PEACE. THEY REFUSED TO RESPOND TO PROVOCATIONS
AND IGNORED ANTI-PEACE EXTREMIST CALLS. IT SHOULD BE STATED THAT PATIENCE
COULD NOT LAST FOREVER. IF THE ISRAELI MILITARY BRUTALITY PERSISTED WITH
KILLINGS AND DESTRUCTION NO ONE COULD PREDICT THE CONSEQUENCES AND THAN
REGRETS WILL BE IN VAIN.

THEREFORE, THE KINGDOM ADDRESSES AN APPEAL AND A WARNING TO THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN ITS ENTIRETY, AS REPRESENTED BY THE U.N. AND IN
PARTICULAR THE U.S.
THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA CALLS ON ALL TO ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HONEST,
CONSCIOUS AND INTERNATIONAL MORAL AND HUMANITARIAN LAWS. IT ALSO WARNS ALL
THAT IF THE PEACE OPTION IS REJECTED DUE TO THE ISRAELI ARROGANCE THEN ONLY
THE WAR OPTION REMAINS AND NO ONE KNOWS THE REPERCUSSIONS BEFALLING THE
REGION, INCLUDING WARS AND CONFLICT THAT WILL SPARE NO ONE INCLUDING THOSE
WHOSE MILITARY POWER IS NOW TEMPTING THEM TO PLAY WITH FIRE.

"IN TANDEM WITH ITS POLITICAL MOVES,THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA IS CONSCIOUS
THAT THE HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE IN LEBANON AND PALESTINE REQUIRES GENEROUS
SUPPORT FROM ALL ARABS, MUSLIMS AND HONORABLE PEOPLE.

BASED ON THE ABOVE, THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES HAS ADDRESSED A
CALL FOR A POPULAR FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN STARTING TOMORROW URGING ALL SAUDI
CITIZENS TO SHOW THE USUAL GENEROSITY AND COMMITMENT TOWARDS THE ARAB AND
MUSLIM NATION.

WITH REGARD TO THE RECONSTRUCTION OF LEBANON AND PALESTINE IN THE WAKE OF
THE HUGE DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY THE ISRAELI AGGRESSION, THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI
ARABIA IS PLEASED TO BE THE FIRST TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THESE EFFORTS:
WITHIN THIS CONTEXT, THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES HAS ISSUED HIS
DIRECTIVES TO EARMARK AN $500 MILLION GRANT FOR THE LEBANESE PEOPLE TO FORM
THE NUCLEUS OF AN ARAB AND INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF
LEBANON. HE HAS ALSO DIRECTED THAT AN AMOUNT OF $1 BILLION TO BE DEPOSITED
WITH THE LEBANESE CENTRAL BANK IN SUPPORT OF THE LEBANESE ECONOMY. MOREOVER,
THE KING ORDERED THE ALLOCATION OF A $250 MILLION GRANT FOR THE PALESTINIAN
PEOPLE, AS A NUCLEUS FOR AN ARAB AND INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR THE
RECONSTRUCTION OF PALESTINE.

THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA URGE ALL ARABS AND
ISLAMIC NATIONS AS WELL AS WORLD COUNTRIES TO LIVE UP TO THEIR ROLE AND
RESPONSIBLITIES TOWARDS CURRENT EVENTS WITH A VIEW TO ENABLING THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO EXTEND EFFECTIVE AND TANGIBLE ASSISTANCE TO
LEBANON AND PALESTINE RATHER THAN STATEMENTS OF CONDEMNATION AND
DENUNCIATION.

MAY ALLAH HELP US TO HOLD FAST OUR FAIR STANCES AND GRANT US PATIENCE AT
TIMES OF
HARDSHIPS."

--SPA
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