UN Assembly to Discuss Abdullah’s Interfaith Initiative

October 10, 2008

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Arab News

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The United Nations General Assembly will hold a session in the middle of next month to discuss Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah’s initiative to promote interfaith dialogue. This was announced by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon while attending a ceremony marking Saudi Arabia’s National Day at the UN headquarters in New York.

“I have tremendous respect for King Abdullah and appreciate his leadership role in many initiatives,” the UN chief said, referring to the International Interfaith Conference organized by the Saudi leader in Madrid last July.

“I have been working with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal on the interfaith dialogue,” Al-Riyadh Arabic daily quoted Ban as saying. “I personally believe that the dialogue between followers of various faiths would contribute to solving many international conflicts,” he added.