{"id":210243,"date":"2008-06-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=210243"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:54:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:54:34","slug":"auto-insert-210243","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-210243\/","title":{"rendered":"SecGen’s activities in Saudi Arabia, 14-15 June 2008 – UN Press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SAUDI ARABIA, 14-15 June<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived from London on Saturday, 14 June, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he was greeted by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal at the airport.  They discussed a number of issues in the wider region, including Somalia, Lebanon and the Middle East peace process.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Following that meeting, the Secretary-General met for over an hour with King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.  They discussed what the Secretary-General later described as the linked problems of rising fuel prices, rising food prices and climate change, and what can be done about it.<\/p><\/div>\n

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“The issues of food prices, fuel prices and climate change should be addressed in a comprehensive manner,” the Secretary-General <\/span>told reporters<\/a> on Sunday as he described his meeting with the King, adding that he was grateful that the King intended to convene a high-level meeting of major oil producers and consumers on this issue the following week in Saudi Arabia.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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The Secretary-General and the King also discussed Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the King’s proposal for inter-faith dialogue among the world’s religions.<\/p><\/div>\n

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King Abdullah especially welcomed the progress made by the Somali parties last week in the Doha talks, under the auspices of Special Representative Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, and said that the parties could sign the agreement in Saudi Arabia at any time.  The date of the signing will be fixed immediately, the Secretary-General said.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Secretary-General followed that discussion on Saturday night by meeting with Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.  They discussed further the Saudi King’s proposal for a dialogue among the world’s religious leaders and scholars, and also talked about cooperation between their respective organizations.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Secretary-General started his meetings on Sunday by discussing Lebanon with the leader of that country’s Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Jumblatt.  The Secretary-General conveyed his hope that the Lebanese parties would soon form a government, and they also discussed the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.<\/p><\/div>\n

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He later met with the Saudi Interior Minister, Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz, and they talked about the Counter-Terrorism Centre based in the country and the follow-up to the General Assembly’s adoption in 2006 of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Secretary-General’s last meeting before departing Jeddah was with Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud.  They discussed the rise in oil prices and the meeting that was to take place a week later among major oil producers and consumers.  They also discussed Iraq, Lebanon, the Middle East peace process and Somalia.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Before leaving Saudi Arabia, the Secretary-General also spoke by phone with the Saudi Oil Minister, Ali Al-Naimi, and they expressed their concerns about the impact of increasing oil prices on the cost of food and other essentials.<\/p><\/div>\n

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He then departed Jeddah and returned to London.<\/p><\/div>\n

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