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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (44825)	10/19/2003 6:04:55 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia to send troops only on Iraqis' request: FMs (Updated at 2120 PST) ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia said Sunday they would send troops to Iraq only if a request was received from the Iraqi people and a consensus was reached among the Muslim countries to meet such a request. Both Pakistan and Saudi Arabia want to do "what is helpful to Iraq and the people of Iraq," Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal told a joint news conference here with his Pakistani counterpart Khursheed Mahmud Kasuri. But he said the needs for Iraq were "too large for us to meet individually." As for sending troops, he said: "If the Iraqi people express their desire it will have to be from the Muslim Ummah (nation) all together." "But this expressed opinion from the Iraqi people has not been shown to us and until that time, we will not send troops" the Saudi foreign minister said. Kasuri also reiterated the position of Pakistan where hardline Islamic and opposition parties are bitterly against any Pakistani deployment in the war-ravaged country. "If the people of Iraq asked for help, Pakistan, as a brotherly country, will do what it can. We will wait that to happen and when that happens the public opinion in Pakistan will also change." Kasuri said Saudi Crown Prince Abudullah bin Abdul Aziz held "in-depth talks" with President Pervez Musharraf after arriving here Saturday and there was "a great degree of consensus" between the two countries on key regional and international issues, including problems faced by the Muslim world.