RIYADH, APRIL 9, SPA -- PRINCE NAIF BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE INTERIOR MINISTER, AND WHO IS ALSO THE HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SAUDI MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION, HAS URGED MEDIA MEN TO ASSUME THEIR RESPONSIBILITY BY PRESENTING FACTS, AND SAID IT SHOULD EMBODY THE NATIONAL INTEREST IN DEALING WITH EVENTS. THE REMARKS OF PRINCE NAIF CAME AT AN OPEN DIALOGUE WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE SAUDI MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION HERE LAST NIGHT. PRINCE NAIF WAS SPEAKING AFTER PATRONIZING THE SOCIETY'S ANNUAL FORUM ORGANIZED UNDER THE TITLE OF MEDIA AND CRISES. ASKED ABOUT EXTRADITION OF SOME WANTED SAUDIS BY THE IRAQI AUTHORITIES, HE SAID THE IRAQI OFFICIALS, NOTABLY THE INTERIOR MINISTER, HAVE CONFIRMED THEIR KEENNESS ON COOPERATION WITH THE KINGDOM IN THIS RESPECT IN A MANNER THAT SERVES THE SECURITY OF THE TWO FRATERNAL COUNTRIES. 'BUT SO FAR, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OF THE SUSPECTS', HE SAID, HOPING THAT THE IRAQI SECURITY AUTHORITIES WOULD BE CAPABLE OF MAKING THE SECURITY SITUATION UNDER CONTROL AND COOPERATE WITH THE ARAB AUTHORITIES INCLUDING THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, WHICH IS A NEIGHBORING COUNTRY OF IRAQ AND HAS BEEN TARGETED BY TERRORISM. 'UNFORTUNATELY, IRAQ HAS BECOME A CENTER FOR TRAINING THESE TERRORISTS, AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME SAUDIS MAY BE THERE.'--MORE www.spa.gov.sa/439404