PRINCE TURKI SAID SAUDI ARABIA HAS BEEN ADVOCATING TO MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST REGION INCLUDING ISRAEL, FREE FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS. HE HOPED THAT THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR ISSUE WOULD BE SETTLED THROUGH DIPLOMATIC MEANS. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT HAS BEEN UNDERMINING THE REGIONALAND GLOBAL STABILITY. 'THE SOLUTION OF THIS CONFLICT WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR SOLUTIONS OF OTHER REGIONAL PROBLEMS LIKE THE LEBANESE, IRAQI AND AFGHAN PROBLEMS AS WELL AS FIGHTING TERRORISM', HE ELABORATED. HE NOTED THAT IT IS HIGH TIME FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FORCES INCLUDING THE KINGDOM AND THE US TO PUSH PALESTINE AND ISRAEL TOWARDS THE ARAB PEACE PLAN, PRESENTED BY THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AS A PEACE INITIATIVE. PRINCE TURKI CALLED FOR NARROWING THE GAP BETWEEN THE PARTIES OF THE DISPUTE AND OPENING DIALOGUE FOR ATTAINING PROGRESS TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE AND JUST PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/407503