Saudi Arabia, Egypt Urge for Granting Palestinians Legitimate Rights

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Saudi Arabia, Egypt Urge for Granting Palestinians Legitimate Rights

Saudi Arabia and Egypt on Tuesday stressed the necessity for granting Palestinians legitimate rights to set up an independent state, Kuwait's official KUNA news agency reported.

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Saudi Arabia and Egypt on Tuesday stressed the necessity for granting Palestinians legitimate rights to set up an independent state, Kuwait's official KUNA news agency reported.

Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz and visiting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak made the statement in Saudi capital of Riyadh during their meeting on the latest developments in the Middle East.

During the meeting, the two leaders discussed the Palestinian issue, topped by Israeli occupation forces' killing, displacement and destruction of various facilities of the unarmed Palestinian people.

They also reviewed the developments of the situation in Iraq, expressing their keenness on Iraq's unity and territorial integrityand pushing for a chance to diplomatic action to save the region and the world from war which will lead to human catastrophes.

Mubarak arrived in Riyadh earlier in the day for a brief visit to Saudi Arabia. The visit came amid intensified Arab efforts to avert any US-led war against Iraq.

Saudi Arabia and Egypt, two US allies in the region, fear that any war on Iraq would destabilize the already deteriorating regional situation.

"Chances for war on Iraq were half to half," Mubarak said on Sunday while inaugurating a water pumping station in Egypt's southern town of Toshka.

He stressed that a war would "pour oil on the flames" in the volatile region and have disastrous consequences.

Addressing a group of Arab intellectuals on Sunday, Crown PrinceAbdullah said he was convinced there would be no war on Iraq.

"We are seeing fleets and concentrations (of troops) in the region, but God is inspiring me and gives me the feeling that therewill be no such a war," Abdullah said, claiming this was his conviction and personal view.

Over 50,000 US troops are currently deployed in the Gulf region,and the United States plans to double the figure in the coming weeks.

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