Saudi Arabia Backs Away from Peace Plan for Iraq War

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Saudi Arabia Backs Away from Peace Plan for Iraq War

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Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said on Wednesday that his country has put forward ideas and not a formal initiative to end the ongoing Iraq war, backing away from an announcement a day earlier.

Speaking to the press, Saud said "We have thoughts and ideas that will not come to fruition unless both (the United States and Iraq) agree in principle it is time to stop the fighting."

"Saudi Arabia has always thought the war should not have happened in the first place," Saud said.

"Perhaps it is a good time (now) to ...think about diplomatic solutions," the foreign minister added.

On Tuesday, Saud told the reporters that Saudi Arabia had made a peace proposal to Iraq and the United States and pledged to "knock on all doors" to get it heard. He did not give details of the peace plan.

Both the United States and Iraq have rejected the reported peace initiative.

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