BERLIN, JAN 29, SPA -- MINISTER OF STATE AT THE GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTRY JUNTAS GLOUCER, WHO IN CHARGE OF THE EUROPEAN POLICY, MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, HAS UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CALL OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ TO THE PALESTINIAN WARRING GROUPS TO MEET IN MAKKAH IN ORDER TO DISCUSS MEANS FOR RECONCILIATION .'IT IS HIGH TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE ARAB COUNTRIES WHICH VIEW WITH A GREAT CONCERN THE DETERIORATING PALESTINIAN SITUATION TO WORK FOR ENDING THE FIGHTING', HE SAID.'THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, WHICH IS VIEWED AS THE PIONEERING COUNTRY OF THE MUSLIM WORLD, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT COUNTRY AS REGARDS EXTENDING ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, IS CAPABLE OF HELPING THE PALESTINIANS TO END BLOODSHED', HE SAID AND ADDED 'IF THE PALESTINIANS POSITIVELY RESPOND TO THE CALL AND MEET IN MAKKAH, THEN EFFORTS OF RECONCILIATION WILL CULMINATE IN SUCCESS. IN A TELEPHONE CALL CONDUCTED BY SPA TODAY, THE GERMAN OFFICIAL SAID POWER STRUGGLE WILL LEAD TO COLLAPSE OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND SUBSEQUENTLY WILL FORCE THE EUROPEANS TO STOP EXTENDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. HE REITERATED THAT GERMANY AND THE COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING UP THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE SITUATION IN THAT REGION. ON HER PART, THE GERMAN MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION URGED THE PALESTINIAN FACTIONS TO END THEIR DISPUTE AND GO TO MAKKAH IN RESPONSE TO THE SAUDI INVITATION. SHE CONFIRMED THE SUPPORT OF THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT TO ANY INITIATIVE THAT AIMS AT THE SETTLEMENT OF THE DISPUTE. SHE ALSO URGED PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS TO EXERT EFFORTS FOR ENDING THE FIGHTING, AND TO WORK AS THE PRESIDENT OF ALL PALESTINIANS IN THE WEST BANK.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/421535