PRINCE SAUD SAID UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ IN THESE CURRENT REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. HE NOTED THAT SAUDI ARABIA IS KEEN ON RESTORATION OF STABILITY TO IRAQ, AND HOPES THAT IRAQ WILL BE CAPABLE OF EFFECTIVELY PLAYING ITS REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ROLE. UNWAVERINGLY, SAUDI ARABIA WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND HUMANITARIAN RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ. PRINCE SAUD EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE EFFORTS EXERTED BY EGYPT, THE HOSTING COUNTRY, TO MAKE THE CONFERENCE SUCCESSFUL.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/446456