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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (44824)	10/19/2003 6:04:30 PM
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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz said here that terrorists were the enemies of Islam and vowed with his Pakistani counterpart to fight terrorism, an official report said. Visiting Prince Abdullah, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, and President Pervez Musharraf also called late Saturday for just solutions to the Palestinian and Kashmir conflicts, the official Associated Press of Pakistan reported. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan were both confronted by terrorism, but they could defeat terrorists, the prince said. "The killers and terrorists are enemies of Islam and they want to frustrate the entire Islamic enterprise of culture and civilisation," he said at a banquet hosted by Musharraf. "We will be able to render them ineffective, frustrate and fail their evil designs." Musharraf, a key ally in the almost two-year-old US-led war against terrorism, said the battle must be fought on a global front "with a vision and understanding". Musharraf lamented that "most of the political disputes of our times afflict Islamic nations." "Religious extremism and militancy have risen because conflicts have been allowed to fester without a solution on horizon." Calling for "concrete measures to address the problems and issues that give rise to helplessness and despair," he said progress towards a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East could marginalize extremists. He also called for restoration of Iraqis' control over their country and its resources. On the festering dispute of Kashmir that has caused two wars between India and Pakistan since 1947, Musharraf said India's use of force to suppress the Kashmiri "freedom struggle" and refusal to negotiate on the conflict "jeopardized the security" in the region. Prince Abdullah was accorded a warm welcome on his arrival here Saturday on a two-day official visit. He is due to meet Prime Minister Zafarullah Jalami before leaving for home late Sunday. Officials said the visit would further boost trade and economic ties between the two countries. Saudi Arabia has been an important source of economic assistance to Pakistan, including by supplying oil on concessional terms. The visit is his second since 1998 when the Saudi crown prince visited Islamabad shortly after Pakistan conducted its nuclear tests in response to similar detonations by India.