Kingdom Optimistic About Outcome of Rice’s ME Tour
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab NewsJEDDAH, 21 June 2005 — Saudi Arabia yesterday expressed its optimism that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s current tour would activate the Middle East peace process. The Kingdom also said that continued tension in the region was hampering development.
The Council of Ministers, during its weekly session chaired by Crown Prince Abdullah in Riyadh yesterday, expressed hope that the flexibility shown by the Palestinian side toward peace initiatives would make Rice’s mission easy.
In a brief summary of actions taken by the Saudi Cabinet and Shoura (Consultative) Council, it’s reported that the government is largely supportive of and optimistic about US efforts to find a solution to the Arab-Israeli issue.
Other matters are covered, including a proposal to put the Mutawwa, the religious police, into clearly identifiable uniforms and require them to carry a standardized ID card. This will do a lot to get rid of the vigilantes to confuse issues with their vehement promotion of their own, idiosyncratic vision of Islam and moral behavior.
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