Prince Turki Al-Faisal, the Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland stressed that terrorism is a brutal action and has nothing to do with a certain culture, religion, race or nationality, citing Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Foreign Minister, as saying at the International Counter-Terrorism Conference held in Riyadh in February, that we should set detailed proposals to fight terrorism and avoid controversy over its definition.
In a lecture at City Form Forum in London here today, Prince Turki Al-Faisal noted that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz warned against exploiting Muslim misguided youths by terrorist networks to achieve their evil goals.
Within the framework of the Kingdom's combating of terrorism, Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard called for setting up of an International Counter-Terrorism Center, Prince Turki said and indicated that all delegations who participated in the conference welcomed the Crown Prince's proposal.
Prince Turki pointed out that the Kingdom has been a victim of terrorism for a long time. During the previous two years it has been subjected to 30 terrorist acts, including explosions, terrorist attacks and kidnappings, which has led to the killing of 73 Saudi citizens and foreigners and injuring 510 others. He noted that 41 security officers have been martyred and 218 wounded. With regard to terrorists, 120 have been killed and 25 injured. The material loss has amounted to more than SR 1 billion.
Prince Turki affirmed that the Kingdom has been actively supporting regional and international efforts aimed at combating terrorism.
