RIYADH, FEB 6, SPA -- THE PALESTINIANS RESIDING IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA HAVE EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE INITIATIVE OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ TO RECONCILE THE PALESTINIAN LEADERS. THE REMARKS OF THE PALESTINIANS WERE MADE IN A MESSAGE CONVEYED TO THE KING BY JAMAL ABDEL-LATIF AL-SHOBKI, THE PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE KINGDOM. THE PALESTINIANS NOTED THAT THE INITIATIVE PROVIDES A CLEAR EVIDENCE FOR THE GREAT ATTENTION GIVEN BY THE MONARCH TO THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE AND PEOPLE. THEY HOPED THAT THE EFFORTS OF THE KING WOULD BE CULMINATED IN SUCCESS. THE PALESTINIANS , WHO MET AT THE PALESTINIAN EMBASSY IN RIYADH ON MONDAY EVENING, HOPED THAT THE MEETING OF THE PALESTINIAN LEADERS IN THE VICINITY OF THE HOLY MOSQUE OF MAKKAH WOULD LEAD TO THE END OF BLOODSHED, AND PAVE THE WAY FOR THE FORMATION OF A NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT. ON HIS PART, KING ABDULLAH SAID IN HIS REPLY 'I HAVE CAREFULLY AND REPEATEDLY READ YOUR MESSAGE , AND I DO FEEL SAD AND SORRY FOR THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN PALESTINE'. KING ABDULLAH SAID WHEN HE MADE HIS CALL TO THE PALESTINIAN LEADERS TO MEET IN THE VICINITY OF THE HOLY MOSQUE, HE WAS HOPEFUL THAT THEY WOULD POSITIVELY RESPOND TO HIS CALL.'AS THE PALESTINIAN LEADERS HAVE POSITIVELY RESPONDED TO THE CALL OF THEIR BROTHER ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND THE CALL OF THE SAUDI PEOPLE, AND HAVE AGREED TO RESORT TO DIALOGUE AND TO SENSE AND REASON LEAVING BEHIND THE STYLE OF VIOLENCE AND KILLING, THE KINGDOM FEELS THAT IT HAS DONE ITS DUTY, AND NOW IT IS THE TURN OF THE PALESTINIAN LEADERS TO SHOULDER THEIR HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH A FAIR AND FREE DIALOGUE, WITHOUT THE INTERVENTION OF ANY PARTY, TO REACH THE DESIRED RESULTS AND GOALS', HE ADDED--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/423363