RIYADH, OCT 4, SPA -- PRINCE AHMAD BINABDULAZIZ, THE DEPUTY INTERIOR MINISTER, HAS UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTION OF THE SAUDI-IRAQI BORDERS SO AS TO PREVENT INFILTRATION ACROSS THE BORDERS. PRINCE AHAMD, WHO WAS SPEAKING HERE LAST NIGHT AFTER PATRONIZING A PARTY IN HONOR OF THE RETIRED INTERIOR MINISTRY'S EMPLOYEES, ON BEHALF OF PRINCE NAIF BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE INTERIOR MINISTER, SAID UNDERSTANDING EXISTS IN THIS RESPECT WITH THE IRAQI INTERIOR MINISTRY. PRINCE AHMAD HOPED THAT THE INTERIOR MINISTRY WOULD RECEIVE FROM THE IRAQI AUTHORITIES A LIST CONTAINING NAMES OF THE SAUDIS DETAINEES IN IRAQ. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE SAUDIS WHO RETURN TO THE KINGDOM FROM IRAQI WILL BE TREATED ACCORDING TO THE ROLE THEY PLAYED IN IRAQ.'THE TREATMENT OF THE SAUDIS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN TERROR ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ WILL DIFFER FROM THE TREATMENT OF THE SAUDIS WHO WERE THERE JUST FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES', HE ELABORATED. PRINCE AHMAD SAID PERSONS WHO ARE DETAINED UNDER NATIONAL SECURITY CHARGES WILL BE TRIED BY THE SHARIAH COURTS, AND ADDED 'AS PRINCE NAIF BIN ABDULAZIZ SAID WE HAVE NO STATE SECURITY COURTS, BUT WE HAVE SHARIAH COURTS'. ASKED IF SAUDI ARABIA IS FAR AWAY FROM TERROR ACTS, PRINCE AHMAD SAID 'IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT WE ARE FAR AWAY FROM TERROR ACTS, BUT WE HOPE THAT TERROR ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN REMARKABLY DIMINISHED'.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/394045