(reopens)SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION, ABBAS SAID THE MEETING COMES IN RESPONSE TO THE INVITATION OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ. THIS PLACE, IN THE VICINITY OF THE HOLY MOSQUE, IS THE BEST PLACE WHERE WE CAN MEET TO DISCUSS OUR PROBLEMS', HE SAID. ABBAS EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF REACHING A JUST SOLUTION FOR THE PALESTINIAN PROBLEM. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE ONGOING PRACTICES OF ISRAEL TO JUDAIZE ALL AREAS OF AL-QUDS MAKE IT AN ESSENTIAL MATTER TO FOCUS ON THE POLITICAL ISSUES THAT CONCERN THE PALESTINIANS AND THE ARAB NATION. EXPRESSING SORROW OVER THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, ABBAS SAID 'WE DON'T WANT BLOODSHED. BUT WE WANT TO ENABLE THE PALESTINIANS LIVE AN HONORABLE LIFE'. ABBAS UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF FORMATION OF THE NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT, AND SAID THAT IS THE DEMAND OF ALL . HE NOTED THAT THE FORMATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL UNITY WILL PUT AN END TO THE SIEGE IMPOSED ON THE PALESTINIANS AND OPEN NEW ARAB AND INTERNATIONAL HORIZONS, AND MOREOVER IT WILL ENABLE THE PALESTINIANS TO LIVE AN HONORABLE LIFE.'THIS IS ONE OF OUR BASIC DEMANDS WHICH WE HOPE WILL BE ATTAINED IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ, HE SAID.'GOD WILLING, WE WILL NOT LEAVE THIS HOLY PLACE WITHOUT REACHING AN AGREEMENT', HE SAID. ABBAS REVIEWED THE AGENDA OF THE MEETING WHICH INCLUDES FORMATION OF A GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY ON THE PARTNERSHIP BASES, AND ACTIVATION OF THE PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO) AS WELL AS DEEPENING NATIONAL CONCORD. PRAISING KING ABDULLAH, ABBAS SAID 'THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES IS A SINCERE, FRANK AND NOBLE ARAB AND MUSLIM'.--MORE www.spa.gov.sa/423722