RIYADH, MARCH 6, SPA -- DR NIZAR MADANI, THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SAID THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD AT THEIR TALKS IN RIYADH LAST SATURDAY INTENSIVELY REVIEWED ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE MIDDLE EAST. MADANI WHO WAS SPEAKING HERE LAST NIGHT AT A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE ALONG WITH GCC SECRETARY GENERAL ABDULRAHMAN AL-ATIYYAH. ANSWERING A QUESTION WHETHER SAUDI ARABIA HAS RECEIVED ANY OFFICIAL REPLY FROM LIBYA OR ANY OTHER ARAB COUNTRY ABOUT PARTICIPATION IN THE ARAB SUMMIT DUE BE HELD IN RIYADH LATER THIS MONTH, MADANI SAID SAUDI ENVOYS HAD DELIVERED INVITATIONS TO LEADERS OF ALL ARAB COUNTRIES TO ATTEND THE SUMMIT, AND ADDED 'WE ARE AWAITING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE FORMATION OF THE DELEGATIONS TO THE SUMMIT, BUT SO FAR WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED REPLIES AND EXPECTING TO RECEIVE THESE REPLIES SUCCESSIVELY. MADANI SAID THE ISSUE OF INTERVENTION IN THE DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF IRAQ IS A MATTER OF A GREAT CONCERN FOR SAUDI ARABIA AND THE GCC MEMBER STATES.'EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO CONFRONT THIS PROBLEM', HE ADDED. ON HIS PART, AL-ATIYYAH WELCOMED THE OUTCOME OF THE TALKS HELD BY KING ABDULLAH AND THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT IN RIYADH LAST SATURDAY. AL-ATIYYAH REITERATED THE CONCERN OF THE GCC MEMBER STATES ABOUT INTERVENTION IN THE DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF IRAQ. ON THE GCC NUCLEAR PROGRAM, AL-ATIYYAH SAID THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) HAS REITERATED ITS READINESS TO PROVIDE THE GCC MEMBER STATES WITH THE REQUIRED EXPERIENCE IN THIS RESPECT AS LONG AS THE GCC NUCLEAR PROGRAM IS FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES AND IN LINE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/430499