Friday, January 05, 2007

Middle East Conflict: Saudi's King meets with Hizbullah

A Saudi diplomat said on Thursday that Saudi King Abdullah made his first-ever personal contact with Lebanon's Hizbullah party in a bid to ease the Lebanese political crisis.

The meeting was held in the kingdom on December 27 between Hizbullah's deputy leader Sheik Naim Qassem and the Saudi monarch and Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal, the diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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